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I believe that the corporate takeover of our democracy is one of the most serious threats we face. It manifests itself in decisions from SCOTUS like the CU decision. It manifests itself in the takeover of both parties by corporate interests. It's dangerous not to recognize that that is true, if to a slightly lesser degree, in the Democratic Party as well as the Republican Party.
It's easy to recognize the threat that tea party members of Congress and the astroturf tea party gone awol pose. It's easier to put on our partisan hats and circle the wagons than it is to oppose the stranglehold of corporate interests.
We ignore the corporate threat to our own detriment. We excuse it because Democrats are better than Republicans.
I believe that it is close to being too late to extricate the Democratic Party from this grip. The TPP is being promoted by many dems including the President. Big money has impacted elections from coast to coast.
I believe that we must fight the corporate interests and big money within the Democratic Party even as we support Democrats in general elections- even lousy corrupt, corporate dems.
I believe that ignoring facts for political expediency leads to more corruption and enables corporate dems.
If you don't believe that all this is huge problem; if you just blindly support dems and refuse to speak out, you're just fast tracking the total transformation of the party of FDR into a wholly owned subsidiary of big money. That doesn't mean that there won't continue to be honorable dems who aren't beholden to big money and corporate interests but it does mean that they will continue to be increasing irrelevant.
To misquote Dylan Thomas, I believe you don't go silent into that good night.
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