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Billionaire wealth in California undermines democratic processes by influencing elections and shaping public discourse.

PoliticsWealth InequalityOct 30, 2026score 0.562 posts · 0 replies across 2 instances
The thread discusses how billionaire wealth in California is undermining democracy through campaign donations, media control, and legal influence on the Supreme Court. It highlights the dangers of concentrated wealth in political systems.

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Billionaire wealth in California undermines democratic processes by influencing elections and shaping public discourse.
Parent: DemocracyEntity: Billionaire WealthImpact: negativeDate: Oct 30, 2026Target: Billionaire wealth's impact on democracy

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How California’s Billionaires Are Proving that Billionaire Wealth Endangers Democracy https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-californias-billionaires-are?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Why billionaire wealth is so bad for democracy. This is the story of American democracy in this second Gilded Age. Billionaires are building their wealth with bribes campaign donations (as well as with their ownership of media and with their armies of lawyers marching to the Supreme Court to contest judicial rulings that harm their bottom lines). And so much more... read on: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-californias-billionaires-are?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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