Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agoIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down112
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareFlorianSimon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoWhatever you may think, rich people do donate to the democrats too † Given that the orange clown may not win the election, they need to bribe democrats into doing their bidding. This is what lobbies do. † https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2019/11/18/here-are-the-billionaires-funding-the-democratic-presidential-candidates-as-of-september-2019/
Whatever you may think, rich people do donate to the democrats too †
Given that the orange clown may not win the election, they need to bribe democrats into doing their bidding. This is what lobbies do.
† https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2019/11/18/here-are-the-billionaires-funding-the-democratic-presidential-candidates-as-of-september-2019/