Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision is that it changes nothing substantial about the way in which politics are conducted in this country. The only change is that the militarized Corporatocracy that runs the government no longer sees the need to conduct itself surreptitiously but, rather, does so openly and in a brazen fashion: buying and selling our politicians and making clear to anyone who gives any thought to it that the principle of "one man, one vote" is absolutely meaningless.
Perhaps we should breathe easier in the new atmosphere of candor. We need not fear that we have have been sold down the river: we can know it with certainty.
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