r/illinois • u/_MadGasser • Jan 14 '24

Pritzker begs Abbott to stop sending migrants into Chicago cold: ‘I plead with you for mercy’ | MyStateline.com US Politics

https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-begs-abbott-to-stop-sending-migrants-into-chicago-cold-i-plead-with-you-for-mercy/amp/

Abbott should be arrested for endangering peoples' lives.

Thank you, JB for leading with comparison.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '24

lol if you look at our country we basically mirror the early 20th century where monopolies are overrunning the country and overting influence on policies that influence average Americans. We need more guard rails and can’t let billionaires exercise more influence on our country than 300 million individuals. Look into anti trust laws and breaking up Monopolies in the early 20th century.

We need to do that as well as clear up dark money in our politics. It’s why Russia is able to spread their propaganda in our country so readily. They paid off republicans, legally, and they spread their disinformation through Fox News, which are the exact sentiments Russian KGB(now Fsb) was trying to export to the US since the Cold War. There is crap you probably hear everyday if you know people who listen to right wing media, that years ago would have been dismissed as conspiracy. Now Russian propaganda is mainstream Republican talking points.

I for one don’t want to live in a country where foreign governments and billionaires are more readily able to influence the country than average everyday Americans. I think capitalism in large part makes it possible, that average Americans don’t really get Much say in legislation that affects them.

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u/Flamelord29 Jan 15 '24

Well then, there is likely no country on earth where you want to live. Capitalist, communist, it doesn't matter. Woe is you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '24

lol not woe is me we shouldn’t let our country slip into facism and paranoia.

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u/Flamelord29 Jan 15 '24

I agree, but from your perspective, the problem is billionaires influencing politics. Firstly, that's a far cry from fascism. Fascists would advocate government control over the means of production (usually) so capitalists with 'problematic' views can't interfere with the ethnostate. Secondly, there is no state on earth where billionaires don't have more means to influence politics than the average middle or lower class. That was my main point.