The 2010s were the decade of Citizens United

[Wanderfound]

To quote myself from 2016:

Forget about “understanding” or “reaching out” to Trump voters. Their concerns are largely delusional, their “solutions” are diabolical and their preferences are vile.

But they’re only 20% of the country.

The people you need to reach are the non-voters. They aren’t staying home because they’re vicious shits who hate foreigners, they’re staying home because the American electoral and political systems are grotesquely corrupt.

Q: why was Citizens United bad?

A: because the unrestricted flow of money into politics is blatantly and severely corrupting.

The effects of Citizens United aren’t a thing that is going to happen. They’re a thing that has happened. And, as predicted, it utterly corrupted both parties.

That’s what needs fixing. You will always have a minority of citizens who are bigoted shits; every country does. The key is to build the system so that they don’t take control.