50501expatsuk.bsky.social
A #50501Movement chapter for US Citizens living in the United Kingdom. Even if you're living across the pond you can still help to #buildtheresistance
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Make the house choose a more acceptable speaker before removing Vance.
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How about not voting for a republican budget. If it means a government shutdown so be it.
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Good to see all those other countries have the good sense not to buy one but what is going on with the UK?
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Therefore, no matter where you live, you can do your part to combat American oligarchy and the Trump administration it helped create by boycotting these companies until they cease buying politicians through campaign donations.
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Some companies donate primarily to Republicans, others Democrats. Many hedge their bets, donating to both parties so they can discourage either from passing any legislation that's not to their liking.
Finally, most companies that sell goods and services outside the US engage in this practice.
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There's a site that tracks these donations called www.opensecrets.org
Here you can find out which companies are donating to which politicians. Many of these companies do business around the world.
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This conflict of interest makes the US more of an oligarchy than a democracy. Politicians represent their corporate donors instead of their constituents. This has created a frustration among Americans with the current political establishment, which Donald Trump exploited to gain power.
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You see, in the USA, campaign finance laws allow for what is essentially legal political bribery. In 2010, Citizens United ruled that corporations could spend unlimited money on political advertising for their preferred candidate. As a consequence most elected officials are beholden to their donors
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One thing at a time. Priority right now should be Musk going broke and being ejected from the government, then the removal of Trump and Vance, then other reforms. With a functioning full rather than flawed democracy we can make real progress to alleviate the rural poverty that MAGA exploits.
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Actually it only makes you a beta if the alpha specifically selected you to be his right-hand man. Otherwise you're just nothing, a sub-beta pack-member.
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It's already a platform just for fake news. The sane voices can't compete when Musk has openly slanted the playing field against them.
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Fascinating bit of history. It's good to know that all of the VW executives who were responsible for this are now long dead. Now it's Tesla that's run by Nazis.
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And prosecute them all.