Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
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Dear friends from the U.S. My friends over here in Europe wonder why you let all of this happen. Why your congress and senate seem to be a useless collection of puppets that at max care about infighti...
Political representation has been shaped around money and both political parties are structured around politicians who sit at the top of a fundraising and patronage network.
The patronage consultant network makes money through expensive media outreach. They don’t make any money doing direct interaction with constituents.
The great success of several progressive candidates has occurred because they are knocking on doors and don’t use political consultants