Things we're more stable pre-2010, Citizens United allowed the consolidation of power around an Oligarchy. Plutocrats used to have to be a bit more careful about pulling the strings of politics but after 2010 it was all fucked.
The Consumer-"welfare"-Standard from the 80s also massively fucked the states, making it near impossible to break up monopolies.
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u/OnionsHaveLairAction Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
Things we're more stable pre-2010, Citizens United allowed the consolidation of power around an Oligarchy. Plutocrats used to have to be a bit more careful about pulling the strings of politics but after 2010 it was all fucked.
The Consumer-"welfare"-Standard from the 80s also massively fucked the states, making it near impossible to break up monopolies.