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Jimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery” (theintercept.com)

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[–] torknorggren@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love that Jimmy's still out here as a presidential Yoda dropping knowledge bombs at 99.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean this is an old article (2015) but up until 7 mo ago when he entered hospice care he was continuing to do good left and right it seems like.

I feel like he is one of the few politicians that wasn't a corrupt asshole. We need more like that at all levels of government to walk back all the corruption. Hard to get a critical mass of non corrupt jerks though. The greedy sociopaths are drawn to political office like moths to flame.

PS: happy bday JC

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4233246-jimmy-carter-turns-99-as-tributes-roll-in/