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Casually Admitting to Buying a Candidate (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by alphanerd4@lemmy.world to c/usauthoritarianism@lemmy.world

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[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Lots of people are busy with their lives and don’t have time to connect all the dots

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Keep them busy. Keep them entertained. Keep them afraid. Keep them ignorant. Profit.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

This is why asshats say "empty hands are the devil's tools".

[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Bread and circuses

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

That's by design.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Lots of people might also think that it's perfectly normal in a democracy that you can buy your personal congressman, a supreme court judge or even a presidential candidate. This has a long tradition especially in the US and is probably kinda normalized by now for some strange reason. I think it can't be wrong to emphasize that this is neither normal nor desirable in a functioning democracy.