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  • Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 30 20:03:12 2023
    Americans celebrate Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday as he receives
    hospice care http://reut.rs/3PEMy3j

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to here@is.invalid on Sun Oct 8 03:18:38 2023
    In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Americans celebrate Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday as he receives
    hospice care http://reut.rs/3PEMy3j

    Just a few years ago:

    https://theintercept.com/2015/07/30/jimmy-carter-u-s-oligarchy-unlimited-political-bribery/

    "[Unlimited money in politics] violates the essence of what made
    America a great country in its political system. Now it's just an
    oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of
    getting the nominations for president or to elect the president. And
    the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and congress
    members. So now we've just seen a complete subversion of our
    political system as a payoff to major contributors, who want and
    expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election's
    over. ... The incumbents, Democrats and Republicans, look upon this
    unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves. Somebody's who's
    already in Congress has a lot more to sell to an avid contributor
    than somebody who's just a challenger."

    Words like that are why people celebrate him. (Separately: this is also
    why government is so old. The incumbents have better networks to pull the
    money in.)

    Elijah
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    worried for the country

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to *@eli.users.panix.com on Sun Oct 8 07:20:45 2023
    On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 03:18:38 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

    And
    the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and congress
    members. So now we've just seen a complete subversion of our
    political system as a payoff to major contributors, who want and
    expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election's
    over.

    I believe the "scratching my back" behavior is common to most all, if
    not all, political systems.

    Also seen in social groups in various ways....money itself does not
    have to be involved. For instance, when Walmart wanted to setup shop
    in smaller cities, the local business community might/did make an
    effort to reject this intrusion. Analogous to good old boy culture

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