All oversight has been rendered toothless by those needing it. What is needed is for enough elected officials to act in the best interest of the nation instead of self-interest. The problem, as the judge articulated nicely, is that those folk may not even believe or recognize that they've ever been faced with such a choice. — creativesoul
What is needed is for enough elected officials to act in the best interest of the nation instead of self-interest. — creativesoul
So junk bonds, asset-stripping, war-profiteering, etc, as distinct from straight economics where there is production or services that folks want. — unenlightened
Which makes it even more distressing that, in a post-appearance interview, Bowers said that if Trump were to stand in 2024, he'd vote for him! — Wayfarer
American Republicanism really is a brain-eating virus or profound cognitive disorder, a symptom of a society that is literally destroying itself. — Wayfarer
What is needed is for enough elected officials to act in the best interest of the nation instead of self-interest.
— creativesoul
Well, yeah, but that opportunity has already been headed off by having such a high threshold of expensive and tightly regulated media coverage required to even stand a chance of being elected. — Isaac
It's another of those systematic failures.
The sheer volume of people whom a national politician needs to persuade means that both finance and media are absolutely essential.
Liberals — Streetlight
There is no "tightly regulated media coverage" of an American election. — creativesoul
When preventative safety measures deliberately built into the system are blatantly ignored, it is not a flaw inherent to the system if the neglection of the rule results in exactly what the rule guards against. — creativesoul
what is happening now is not an index of systematic failure, but of systematic success. — Streetlight
The one where virtually all media in America is owned by just six companies and five of them are effectively owned by two asset management companies? — Isaac
The one where a journalist is currently facing inhumane imprisonment for his media coverage? — Isaac
The one where the government are actively instructing social media platforms on what content to ban? — Isaac
IS NOT THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION — creativesoul
The one where virtually all media in America is owned by just six companies and five of them are effectively owned by two asset management companies? — Isaac
IS NOT THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION — creativesoul
Unaware of this case. — creativesoul
Freedom of speech is not unfettered. Especially when so few have so much power over what gets put into the public sphere for it's political consumption. — creativesoul
The one where virtually all media in America is owned by just six companies and five of them are effectively owned by two asset management companies? — Isaac
IS NOT THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
— creativesoul
No. It's the result of exactly the right amount of government legislation to achieve that state of affairs. — Isaac
Unaware of this case.
— creativesoul
Assange. — Isaac
Freedom of speech is not unfettered. Especially when so few have so much power over what gets put into the public sphere for it's political consumption.
— creativesoul
Restrictions on freedom of speech are not the issue, the issue is who wields that power. — Isaac
Unaware of this case.
— creativesoul
Assange.
— Isaac
Not clear of the actions he performed or the charges he faces. — creativesoul
American elections are expensive. We agree there. I'm not seeing the relevance that the above has to that agreement. — creativesoul
Not clear of the actions he performed or the charges he faces. — creativesoul
Who gets to be the final arbiter of truth? — creativesoul
No, it's the result of the American system working exactly as intended, regulation or not. — Streetlight
In order to know that you'd have to be privy to the framers' thought and belief. — creativesoul
It means that anyone wanting to run needs lots of money. That places restrictions on who can run... — Isaac
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