Citizens United is an existential threat for USA. You cannot have Israeli-American dual citizens pouring $200 million dollars in elections. and that’s just her alone. This is simply not sustainable.

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idop 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Or one South African-Canadian-American triple citizen pouring $300 million dollars in elections. I am shocked that campaign donations are legal.

	▲	tdeck 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I mean, some of the stuff actually wasn't legal. But accountability for wealthy elites is limited to a strongly worded letter https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748l0zv4x8o Just look at the fallout from the Epstein files where at best we can hope people will be embarrassed into resigning their current position.

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danaris 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can we not with the blatant antisemitic dogwhistles...?

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shihab 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Exactly what part of my statement was dog whistling? Can you stop throwing around this serious accusation of antisemitism without any attempt to substantiate your claim?

	▲	danaris an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"Israeli-American dual citizens" Making a big deal out of Israelis—especially wealthy ones—having dual citizenship is a classic antisemitic tactic, used to sow the idea that they aren't "real Americans" or their primary loyalty is to another country. Also: yes, Citizens United is a big problem. But phrasing your comment as if the primary problem with it is "Israeli-American dual citizens" pouring millions of dollars into politics is perpetuating the antisemitic ideas that a) all or most Jews are wealthy, and b) Jews are controlling our country/the world. Whether or not you meant it as antisemitic, it played directly and very clearly into multiple antisemitic tropes that are frequently used to try to smear and harm Jewish people.

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giggert 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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