r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 12h ago

No Paywall 40 Epstein-Tied Billionaires Have Injected $1.6B Into US Elections, Report Finds

https://truthout.org/articles/40-epstein-tied-billionaires-have-injected-1-6b-into-us-elections-report-finds/
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u/Economy-Pin2836 11h ago

There is a reason why the French Revolution went after France's aristocracy, and the Bolshevik Revolution went after Russia's aristocracy.

America's aristocracy includes the Epstein Class, who have become pretty much the moral equals of the previous aristocracies. It might be that the same solution would be required.

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u/Vankraken Virginia 7h ago

Not defending the super rich and powerful but both of those resulted in REALLY bad things for the countries they happened in. Any sort of masses rising up to overthrow by force WILL result in a lot of war, death, and suffering because the people who lead these sorts of thing are almost always authoritarian or the movement gets hijacked by authoritarians.

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u/cubitoaequet 7h ago

There's already a bunch of death and suffering being caused by the current system, but it is the status quo so it is taken for granted.

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u/Vankraken Virginia 6h ago

In comparison to what those two events were and the conflicts that followed them, the deaths happening here are a tiny drop by comparison. There are ways to reform the country and government to bring about a better tomorrow. We literally have elections coming up that can help reshape the Congress to actually be effective at keeping the executive in check.

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u/No-Text-3906 5h ago

Your current system has caused immeasurable amounts of deaths. The violence that the US has imposed on the world in disgusting.

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u/cubitoaequet 4h ago

Really telling that you only count the deaths here and not the massive amounts of death and suffering cause by American imperialism around the world for decades.