In the 2020 presidential election cycle, more than $14bn went to federal candidates, party committees, and Super Pacs – double the $7bn doled out in the 2016 cycle. Total giving in 2024 is bound to be much higher.
That money is not supporting US democracy. If anything, that money is contributing to rising Trumpism and neofascism.
They aren’t doing a very good job:
https://www.businessinsider.com/uaw-strike-contract-raises-pay-details-ford-gm-stellantis-2023-10?op=1
Yet another reason to seek an authoritarian if you’re one of our sociopath capitalists.
To quell defiance.
I don’t know who I am.
edit: However, I do know what I’m not. I am not an authoritarian.