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MadameButterfly

(3,578 posts)
15. It just appears that bad ones own the media and without it
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 03:06 PM
Apr 2025

no democracy.

I hate the fate of our country to come down to a battle of a handful of oligarchs, some who got rich through brutal tactics, others through inheritance, all of whom have a conflict of interest, and none that we voted for.

Without Citizens United, and with trustbusting and regulation maybe Capitalism could survive. But the guys with the money seem intent on making sure that doesn't happen. And they have the power to make have their way.

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You displease the King at your own peril now. Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #1
From "Network": "You have meddled with the forces of nature. You must atone!" SharonAnn Apr 2025 #20
3rd paragraph is the killer. Grins Apr 2025 #2
THAT I did not see coming! BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #3
Ugh!!! Fuck!!! LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #10
Looks like the watch has stopped. Tick Tock motherfers. dem4decades Apr 2025 #4
Yo K Kid Berwyn Apr 2025 #5
David Ellison gave $929,600 to back the reelection of President Biden progressoid Apr 2025 #12
Oh well, another billionaire monopoly! Ziggysmom Apr 2025 #6
The US replaced Nazi Germany's goose-step with the tRUMP waddle wolfie001 Apr 2025 #7
Uncle Wally is spinning in his grave. LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #8
History Iamscrewed Apr 2025 #9
The oligarchs own the fate of democracy. MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #11
Capitalism has good and bad oligarchs. The bad ones are in charge, but the good ones know that democracy is ancianita Apr 2025 #13
It just appears that bad ones own the media and without it MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #15
I disagree. Magoo48 Apr 2025 #18
i agree that we have to come out in massive numbers MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #19
Only the third person to run the program in 57 years? PatSeg Apr 2025 #14
So the real villain in this story is Shari Redstone ... shame on CBS for letting it go this far FakeNoose Apr 2025 #16
Oligarchs being oligarchs. mn9driver Apr 2025 #17
Shari Redstone is a prostitute Sessuch Apr 2025 #21
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