• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    He’s not out of touch, his job is just inherently contradictory: to represent his donors while pretending to represent his voters.

    • Freeposity@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Exactly. The only way to leadership in Congress is by being the best at fundraising. So someone like El Sayed will never be Leader in the Senate as long as any other Democratic senator can bring in huge corporate donors.

      Well, I guess it would be possible for 100 million Americans to donate 1 dollar to El Sayed once a week.

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    6 days ago

    Follow the money trail. Bribes will make any politician sell their own mother to a whorehouse.