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Trump administration 2024-2028

Czech_pivo said:
And that is the state of Democracy in America.
‘For the People, By the People’ - no fricking way that is accurate anymore.

‘For the extremely Few, By the extremely Fewer’

The Soviet Union existed for years because of the myth that everyone was ‘equal’. I’d argue that under Trump’s America, they are trying to mirror that same myth when in stark reality it’s so far from the truth.
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Closest America ever got to ‘for the people, by the people’ was in the 70s. They have never been a great example of equal rights for all. Much like the USSR lots of words which the deeds don’t match.
 
Eaglelord17 said:
Closest America ever got to ‘for the people, by the people’ was in the 70s. They have never been a great example of equal rights for all. Much like the USSR lots of words which the deeds don’t match.
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Because Vietnam, record inflation and job loss, and all the domestic chaos around civil rights etc, was so awesome...

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FSTO said:
I continually shake my head at the amount of money that is spent in the US on election advertising. It’s frankly ridiculous. I’m so glad we’ve limited the amount you can donate to a political cause.
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Congress did impose various limits but the Republican US SCC decided this interfered with billionaires' constitutional rights to buy politicians.

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daftandbarmy said:
Because Vietnam, record inflation and job loss, and all the domestic chaos around civil rights etc, was so awesome...
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I never said it was awesome, just it was the closest the States got to ‘we the people, for the people’.

Before that a large percentage of the population was not equal citizens and after that much of the checks and balances they started to impose on government in the 20s-70s were slowly eroded in favour of oligarch favouring policies and corruption.

They got upset at Carter because he had a family peanut farm and made him put it in a blind trust for ethics reasons. Today we literally have the president selling cars for a oligarch who donated tons to the Republicans on the white house lawn and not much is said about it.
 
FJAG said:
Congress did impose various limits but the Republican US SCC decided this interfered with billionaires' constitutional rights to buy politicians.
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What the USSC decided was that people don't lose their right to use their money for political expression just because it's tied up in a business entity.
 
Eaglelord17 said:
Closest America ever got to ‘for the people, by the people’ was in the 70s. They have never been a great example of equal rights for all. Much like the USSR lots of words which the deeds don’t match.
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daftandbarmy said:
Because Vietnam, record inflation and job loss, and all the domestic chaos around civil rights etc, was so awesome...

Black Lives Matter Protest GIF by TIFF
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I’m guessing the post-Watergate reforms helped level the playing field for a little while.
 
Perhaps it's just nostalgia for my youth, but I remember 1976 as having a more upbeat and unified public mood than 2026.

I don't remember the deep partisan divisions of 2026.
 
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