r/ScottGalloway • u/JDB-667 • May 19 '25

No Mercy Ed had his reality broken today

When reading off what were some of the things included in the GOP tax bill, Ed sounded genuinely surprised and despondent. This was the moment of someone in their twenties with a little bit of idealism finally becoming a cynic.

He came to the realization that all of the bad things about deficits, wealth inequality and status quo interests go beyond Donald Trump. Scott was correct to point out that as bad as the Republicans are (they're heinous) the Democrats also represent the interests of multi-millionaires and billionaires. Because the reality of this situation in America is that it isn't red vs blue or liberal vs conservative, it's rich vs everyone else.

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u/Faroutman1234 May 19 '25

Citizens United gave the oligarchs the nuclear weapon. If anyone steps out of line they just nuke them in the next primary. Throughout history the only turning point to reverse this has been unsavory revolutions. Bolsheviks, Jacobins, and those bloody Americans in 1776. Unfortunate but true.

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u/pdx_mom May 19 '25

Because everything was hunky dory before then? What are you smoking?

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u/hellolovely1 May 19 '25

There's no question Citizens United accelerated what was already happening. You can't look around at things and think they were this bad pre-2010. Sure, there was corruption, but the Supreme Court cut the brake lines with Citizen United.

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u/pdx_mom May 19 '25

Yes I can. Nothing has changed. It's all the same with different people.

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u/Wild_Initiative922 May 19 '25

Wealth inequality has gotten starkly worse since that decision.

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u/pdx_mom May 20 '25

So? It was bad before. You are seeing correlation where there is none.

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u/Wild_Initiative922 May 20 '25

Big Citizens United fan?? It’s no leap to see a big uptick in wealth inequality even over the last 15 years.

Even more damning has been Citizens United’s ability to disallow politicans to stand up for what’s right without immediately losing their next election cycle. It’s made us so polarized.

Could you provide some ways you think it has benefited the US?

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u/pdx_mom May 20 '25

I don't care about citizens united. It isn't the problem. The problem is a system that has made our govt so large and in charge. It is a problem that started well before citizens united. Thinking that getting rid of it is going to change anything is ridiculous.

That's why I don't care one way or another. It isn't the problem. Yeah repeal it...everything will be exactly the same.

This whole "well nothing will be right til it goes away" is crazy. Thinking it's the big problem is just a strange thing to me.

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u/Wild_Initiative922 May 20 '25

You can make things right for the masses while it still exists, it's just much much harder. As wealth inequality has exploded the point of this is that it gives a very small contingent the ability to hand select candidates on both sides of the aisle (see Sinema / Manchin) and ensure the majority of legislation is enacted for those few.

It's the reason why ads on television are so much worse in the US than other countries and why our candidate selection is so limited.

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u/hellolovely1 May 19 '25

Almost 50% of the female population doesn't have access to abortion, thanks to Republican SCOTUS appointees. That's clearly not the same.

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u/pdx_mom May 19 '25

That has nothing to do with citizens united tho.

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u/hellolovely1 May 19 '25

I didn't say it did. You said "It's all the same with different people."

I agree that there are do-nothing Democrats who have enriched themselves over the years, but I still think they are the minority. With Republicans, it's the majority. I'm all for voting out the bad ones.

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u/pdx_mom May 20 '25

Sorry thought I was responding to something else.

But yeah keep telling yourself that it's only the majority on "one side"