This open corruption is new. From the post war years to the 70s were the golden years, not perfect, slow regression since then with sudden drop offs, like citizens united, scotus allowing corruption unless absolutely explicit, then electing the gangster king here.
Yeah but this kind of corruption was unheard of. Even in the post Civil War era that was super corrupt they wouldn’t take open bribes from foreign leaders like this certainly not before the Civil War either. Obviously from the Spanish-American war on we have had the Empire thing going as Mark Twain predicted all this shit would happen.
Did we? When was that?
This open corruption is new. From the post war years to the 70s were the golden years, not perfect, slow regression since then with sudden drop offs, like citizens united, scotus allowing corruption unless absolutely explicit, then electing the gangster king here.
I mean, you know the US actively helped to overthrow democratically elected governments to aid US businesses already back then, right?
Yeah but this kind of corruption was unheard of. Even in the post Civil War era that was super corrupt they wouldn’t take open bribes from foreign leaders like this certainly not before the Civil War either. Obviously from the Spanish-American war on we have had the Empire thing going as Mark Twain predicted all this shit would happen.