dwazoup@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoYSK: In 2016, two oil brothers attempted to purchase the entire US Congress. They spent more money than Republicans and Democrats combined. www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down13
arrow-up1333arrow-down1external-linkYSK: In 2016, two oil brothers attempted to purchase the entire US Congress. They spent more money than Republicans and Democrats combined. www.nytimes.comdwazoup@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up80·7 months agoThey put a shit ton of money into state races, too. Their plan was to get enough state legislatures in their pocket to call a constitutional convention and rewrite the US as an anarcho-capitalist state.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·7 months agoSeems like they found a way to do that without having to do the Constitutional Convention.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoShyeah. These dudes tried to overthrow democracy by due process? Rubes!
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoWhen you’re a billionaire they let you do it!
They put a shit ton of money into state races, too. Their plan was to get enough state legislatures in their pocket to call a constitutional convention and rewrite the US as an anarcho-capitalist state.
Seems like they found a way to do that without having to do the Constitutional Convention.
Shyeah. These dudes tried to overthrow democracy by due process? Rubes!
That sounds like treason to me.
When you’re a billionaire they let you do it!