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Money shouldn't be in the American political system. But, of course, that's being unrealistic. Candidates have to campaign or, put simply, advertise themselves. Advertisements on a national scale take a lot of funds. Unfortunately, allowing donations broke the seal on Pandora's box and when corporations got their hands on it they unleashed the chaos within.
I remember hearing that money was a "new form of speech" when watching the Colbert Report last year. It dumbfounded me. It was the most idiotic and asinine thing I had ever heard in my life. But, as Stephen began to explain the situation in his satirical way, I understood. It was just another turn of the screw of a principle that I knew all too well: if you have enough money, you can control whatever you want. And corporations have a lot of money to put behind politicians.
Now, corporate money could be a good thing if it was a benevolent donation, but it's not. It usually comes with a whole lot of nudging, but more often, it's a done deal. There's nothing democratic about these dealings. The whole "e pluribus unum" crap we live by is a lie. There are good people and bad, there seems to be more bad than good. If there weren't, then more laws would serve the interests of the common people and stick instead of being repealed to serve the interests of a corporation.
The popular vote doesn't mean much if the electoral votes don't reflect it. How much of politics is just going through the motions for outward appearances? How much happens behind the scenes? Only the all-seeing eye knows. And, ironically, it's riding on the back of some big dollar bills.
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