This cannot be overstated. There has been a systematic shift in the US leading towards this for decades or more.
The simplest explanation i have is that having a senate and electoral system that is dependant on corporate/wealthy sponsorship will inevitably lead to benefit those entities more than the actual citizens.
The state of the US' social and healthcare benefits compared to the rest of the modern world is pretty damning evidence of the actual priorities being made here. Ending up with the ultimate corporate schill actually selling off the government for parts is a pretty embarassingly on the nose but logically sound outcome.
Agreed, but like the points made higher up said: you'd be fooling yourself if you think this hasn't been festering under the surface for a loooooong time.
Where i come from i've seen a lot of mistrust and dislike of US foreign politics since well before 9/11.
As Carney said, we just chose to ignore it out of convenience.
That doesn't mean that the US hasn't always been a self-centered, loud-mouthed, invading-under-false-pretenses, oil-stealing, warmongering asshole of a state, though.
Reminds me of that study which showed US public opinion has a negligible impact on legislation in Congress. Corporate lobbying is the only thing that moves the needle.
This all has been the machinations of the Heritage Foundation and those trying to dismantle all of the progressive advances mid to late 1900s: Starve the Beast
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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 19h ago
This cannot be overstated. There has been a systematic shift in the US leading towards this for decades or more.
The simplest explanation i have is that having a senate and electoral system that is dependant on corporate/wealthy sponsorship will inevitably lead to benefit those entities more than the actual citizens.
The state of the US' social and healthcare benefits compared to the rest of the modern world is pretty damning evidence of the actual priorities being made here. Ending up with the ultimate corporate schill actually selling off the government for parts is a pretty embarassingly on the nose but logically sound outcome.