Comments by "Matthew Ingerson" (@matthewingerson) on "What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You To Know" video.
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@JuggaloNY It's been a series of SCOTUS decisions that put inequitable power into the hands of the wealthy-class-RWers and basically turned the entire working-class into a state of permanent slavery. I'll list the cases below:
Buckley v. Valeo (1976): This decision ruled that the government putting limitations on election expenditures by individual-citizens is unconstitutional -- so the government can no longer limit how much money an individual can spend on elections. So, now, the wealthy-class-RWers can spend as much money as they want, to produce as much propaganda as they want, for electoral purposes. Basically, the Court ruled that "money is speech" (and there are no laws against telling lies). So, now, the wealthy-class-RWers can use as much of their money as they want to promote lies on TV, on the internet, and in publications, and no one can stop them.
First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti (1978): This decision basically ruled that everything about the Buckley v. Valeo decision that applied to individual-citizens now also applies to private-corporations, too. So, now, not only can the individual wealthy-class-RW citizens use their own personal money to engage in unlimited deception in campaigns & elections, but, the same wealthy-class-RWers who own & control the businesses & corporations in the country, can also use the money that belongs to the business-entity to produce deceptive-propaganda as well. This decision basically gave free-speech/money-is-speech rights to business & corporate entities.
McConnell V. Federal Election Commission (2003): This is a case with lots of "moving-parts." But the wealthy-class-RWers came out on top again. It's worth understanding the decision(s) in this case, because it shaped how we've gotten to where we are. And, where we are, is right on the cusp of fascism.
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014): The decision in this case expanded on the rulings in the Buckley & First National Bank of Boston. The decisions in those previous cases allowed unlimited money to be spent on propaganda regarding policies and elections. But the decision in McCutcheon ruled that limitations directly to the campaigns of candidates were also unconstitutional. It basically expanded on the idea that money is speech, and that the government passing laws to limit wealthy-class-RW people from spending their money on bribing candidates who are running for electoral offices, is a violation of the First Amendment.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010): One of the most consequential cases/decisions in US history, and absolutely important to know. It expanded on most/all of the unfair rulings/decisions on the cases above. Solidified the power of the wealthy-class in society. To use an analogy: if the previous cases & decisions paved the roadway for fascism, the decision in this case paved the runway for fascism. Or, rather, it built the rocketship to fascism.
The decisions in all of these cases disproportionately benefited the populace-minority made up of wealthy-class-RWers, and they disproportionately burdened the populace-majority made up of working-class people.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and those SCOTUS cases and their decisions did more than just what I've written. And I may not have even adequately described the things I tried to describe. But you can definitely find plenty of information on the cases above.
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@jean-dd5lu If you think that the RW-extremist Repubs AREN'T corrupt, but the moderate-RW Dems ARE the ONLY ones who are corrupt, then you're just as ignorant as you've been designed to be, by the corrupt wealthy-class with their corrupt RW-politics.
BOTH parties are bought, owned, bribed & controlled by the same corrupt wealthy-class.
And you're over here talking about the degree to which the other party is more corrupt, as if the party-owners & party-leaders aren't all advocates for the inherently corrupt, RW-economic systems of Capitalism, Corporatism, & Fascism.
They're all in on the ruse together, and you working-class dupes in the US continue to vote for BOTH of those corrupt, RW-political parties.
It's really quite amazing, the lack of general education and self/situational awareness.
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