• NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    American governments often fail to realise that they literally hold all the cards. At any time they can dissolve or threaten to dissolve a company for flagrantly disregarding the law, and yet this rarely happens.

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      1 year ago

      In fact the opposite is true. Since Citizen’s United allowed unlimited bribery political donations, companies hold all the cards. Unlimited funding and advertising can make or break most any candidate’s chances for election, especially in purple areas.

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          Explain please, exactly who’s going to do the dissolving? The same government representatives who are controlled via donations by that corporation? Wishful thinking doesn’t make it so.