https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/oligarchs-against-democracy
"Why are America’s plutocrats funding efforts to weaken our democracy and
replace it with plutocracy and oligarchy? Is it just about money? Or is there
something much deeper that most Americans rarely even consider?
An extraordinary investigative report from
documented.net tells how morbidly
rich families, their companies, and their personal foundations are funding
efforts to limit or restrict democracy across the United States.
In an article co-published with
The Guardian, they noted:
“The advocacy arm of the Heritage Foundation, the powerful conservative
think tank based in Washington, spent more than $5m on lobbying in 2021 as
it worked to block federal voting rights legislation and advance an
ambitious plan to spread its far-right agenda calling for aggressive voter
suppression measures in battleground states.”
Their efforts have had substantial success, as you can read in
Documented’s
article.
This effort, of course, is not unique to the one think tank they called out.
From Donald Trump all the way down to the lowest Republican county official,
efforts to make it harder for what John Adams called “the rabble” to vote and
otherwise participate in democracy are in full swing across America."
Via libramoon and Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
