(January 1, 2015 at 7:34 pm)JuliaL Wrote: Any (reasonably workable) idea how we could have avoided this situation? Other than raising the average intelligence and level of education of the American peasant I mean.
As far as I know there has been some court ruling in 1978 granting corporations human status, thereby opening the flood gates of money pouring into politics.
And as far as I know, Cenk Uygur from the young turks is making an effort to get money out of politics again. He's the founder of wolf pack and claims to have already had some success in certain states.