cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20368770

It’s easy to understand if you realize that America is essentially a corporation rather than a country, and that country is only representing its shareholders.

In case you’re confused - if you’re not rich and powerful, you’re not a shareholder. You’re an employee or a commodity or an expense, and you exist to enrich the shareholder class.

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Yep truth…one of the only candidates I ever gave serious money to. His platform was basically “Hey let’s catch up to the rest of the 1st world nations shall we?”…

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42 points

Uh guys, even the “giving money to politicians” thing is really fucking weird

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9 points

Is this not a thing in other western countries? Serious question and would appreciate knowing more

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15 points

Giving money to politicians is generally considered bribery, because it is

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14 points

Germany here. We do donate to parties, but not individual politicians.

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8 points

Fuck no! We thought yous just…like giving money to already rich people.

Admit it, yous are weird like that

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bribery is illegal in most normal countries, not just western

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4 points

Brit here. I’ve never donated to a political campaign in my life. I’m not even sure how I would.

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3 points

Starmer seems to disagree.

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