"The Dark Money Game": Director Alex Gibney on How Citizens United Ushered in "Legalized Corruption"

[Uncle Joe]

A new set of documentaries directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney premieres April 15 and April 16 on HBO. The films in The Dark Money Game series investigate the origins and impacts of campaign finance in the U.S. “Our country is being run by a small group of people who have an enormous amount of money, and they dominate our politics,” says Gibney. “It’s almost as if bribery has become utterly legalized. It’s pay to play. It’s quid pro quo.”

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[Irish_Dem]

1. The corruption allowed fascism to take hold.

Maybe the plan all along.
The GOP has hated democracy for a long time now.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Precisely,

corruption has no interest or stake in actual democracy as it's not about fair play, or the rule of law so everything becomes a zero sum game and of course fascism is the ultimate zero sum game.

It's a one way street.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Rule by the rich and powerful. No room for the regular guy.

Pay for excellent propaganda which convinces gullible voters to provide cover for
the fake democracy.

[Be Leave On]

7. cross posted here

A comment on a different post seems equally appropriate here.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1322&pid=69800

[Irish_Dem]

8. Thank you.

[rickyhall]

2. 250 years and we're back to the beginning.

77 million morons

[Irish_Dem]

5. Have you seen the Oval Office now?

Looks like the Palace of Versailles. All tawdry bright gold, everywhere.

[czarjak]

6. Ann Coulter was giddy the night of The Citizens United Ruling.

Knowing the richest whites would prevail. IN TRUMP WE TRUST sealed the deal.