As more and more old curmudgeons with money in our society realize just how powerful the Internet is (especially if one doesn't care to learn about how it works), and how our actions toward enlightenment and justice threaten their fragile, toxic realities and sensitivities (3/4)
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The tighter of a grip we will see by them and those who seek to serve them. It was glaringly obvious with
@tumblr, and I'm sure we can all think of other social platforms that had gone down that same route.@TeamYouTube, you can do better than this. BE BETTER THAN THIS. (fin)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
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my view of this is different. I don't think the "old curmudgeons with money" are really the problem in this context. They're a problem in a different manner, but really I think the majority of them couldn't give a shit let alone two.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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I would disentangle this to a broader picture. The ultra-wealthy have political sway but their intent is usually to benefit themselves financially (which usually results in some form of disenfranchisement). The problem is that they are a small class quantitatively.
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Their sway comes from the fact that politicians (regardless of side) want to please them in return for various benefits (donations and less ethical benefits). But now the politicians have a problem that they need more than money, they need votes.
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So these politicians turn towards easily charged demographics to generate the votes they need (and then draw gerrymandered borders once they find those groups).
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These demographics tend to be groups that see things in stark terms. The GOP's infatuation with fundamentalist Christians is a prime example. So now these groups need to be kept happy so they keep voting for the politicians that are really working for the ultra-wealthy.
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And that's where we come to politicians spending their time on "Thou shalt not" proclamations and acts. They need to satisfy their voter base to stay in power so they can deliver on their bigger promises to the ultra-wealthy.
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Which is not to say that people like Mitch McConnel and Rubert Murdoch aren't problems. There definitely are old curmudgeons with money.
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My point is more that concentrating on the ultra-wealthy as the problem hides the other layers of the problem that really exposes just this festering mess. Even if we got rid of the ultra-wealthy, this problem would just manifest through some other form.
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Meant to get back to you on this! Thank you for unpacking what I was trying to get at- far better said than I could have articulated 
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