"Trump gets rocked by accusations from 2 Senators, Elizabeth Warren & Richard Blumenthal, over insane bribery after accepting a gift from Belgian diamondmakers & then dropping tariffs on European diamonds. John Iadarola & Sharon Reed break it down" www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5xs... More corruption!

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Individuals can be evil or deranged, morons or corrupt. Plus, extreme wealth & power create conditions of impunity, sycophancy, etc. which encourage these defects to develop & deepen. Democracy is premised, among other things, on the supposition that on average, most people avoid these problems.

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The democratic reason to 'abolish billionaires'—that is, break their power, perhaps by confiscatory taxation if it comes to that—is that the absurd concentration of material resources in their hands affords single people far too much power, more power than any human can sanely wield.

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The richest dipshit in the land believes 'democracy' is simply and exclusively when his side wins.

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Congrats again, everyone, on our long National Conversation™️ about “wHicH pArTy hAs MoVeD fUrTheR fRoM tHe PoLiTiCaL CeNtEr in the 21st century and why is it The Democrats?”

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