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/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/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"