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The reason for this is America has been steadily moving towards plutocracy for about half a century now. Plutocracy is an illegitimate form of government where the wealthy dictate politics and the will of the majority is ignored.
# Money in Politics
-Robert Reich's main preoccupation in life is to spread awareness on the issues of inequality, money in politics, and plutocracy. He's the former U.S. Secretary of Labor and political commentator who does a lot of important work on these issues and should be promoted. He has a [website](https://robertreich.org/), [Youtube channel](https://yewtu.be/channel/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g?dark_mode=true), and [Twitter](https://nitter.net/rbreich). He has made podcasts and written articles and books about these subjects which you can find on the media outlet he founded, [Inequality Media](https://www.inequalitymedia.org/).
+Robert Reich's main preoccupation in life is to spread awareness on the issues of inequality, money in politics, and plutocracy. He's the former U.S. Secretary of Labor and political commentator who does a lot of important work on these issues and should be promoted. He has a [website](https://robertreich.org/), [Youtube channel](https://yewtu.be/channel/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g?dark_mode=true), and [Twitter](https://x.com/rbreich). He has made podcasts and written articles and books about these subjects which you can find on the media outlet he founded, [Inequality Media](https://www.inequalitymedia.org/).
I'd like to include his latest tweet:
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> The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
> Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
> Pharma buys off Congress. No action on drug prices.
-> Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction." - [Robert Reich](https://nitter.net/RBReich/status/1532412155667984384#m)
+> Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction." - [Robert Reich](https://x.com/RBReich/status/1532412155667984384#m)
He's right. It doesn't matter what else we push for politically. If we can't get money out of politics, we won't see any change as long as it's against the interests of the wealthy. You can learn a lot more about inequality from him than me, since he has basically dedicated his life to it. I highly recommend checking him out.
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When your population is drowning in student debt and medical debt they can never get out from under and paying sky high rent because of zoning laws and because there's no low income housing, you force intelligent creative people who would otherwise be helping society to do demeaning bullshit clerical and administrative work which doesn't really need done.
-If you're in Burgerland, you won't necessarily get any benefits either. No paid vacation time. No maternity leave. No union membership to help you collectively bargain. Undemocratic workplaces where the decisions all come from the top down, not from the bottom up. No [right to disconnect](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_disconnect) so you're always on call ready to be interrupted at any moment of the day. Workers are subjugated while CEOs make record profits.
+If you're in Burgerland, you won't necessarily get any benefits either. No paid vacation time. No maternity leave. No union membership to help you collectively bargain. Undemocratic workplaces where the decisions all come from the top down, not from the bottom up. No [right to disconnect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_disconnect) so you're always on call ready to be interrupted at any moment of the day. Workers are subjugated while CEOs make record profits.
What's the alternative to this? Socialism. A society where nobody falls through the cracks, where intelligent people aren't forced to work bullshit jobs just to survive. A society where you would be expected to contribute back if able, but if you decided not to work because your job was evil or pointless or you weren't able to work, you wouldn't starve. You'd have the free time to do what you thought was important and contribute to society in your own way rather than taking orders from a superior.