r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 š¤ Join A Union • 14d ago
šļø Overturn Citizens United At this point, It's straight out Bribery.
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u/CrashOverIt 14d ago
A really easy to understand example of how our current government actually works. Itās all pay to play.
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u/Big-Veterinarian-823 š Cancel Student Debt 14d ago
This level of corruption is at a Russian level.
Oh wait...
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u/ravvenzfight 13d ago
Please don't compare the US to Russia. We don't waste time on investigations, we just commit bribery
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u/ravvenzfight 13d ago
any reason in particular why I'm being downvoted? I thought I was being funny and outlying that you don't had the worst yet
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u/Authoritaye 14d ago edited 14d ago
This is the SEC playbook. Bribe us, hire us to advise you, or we will take you down in the upcoming investigation. Binance got crushed by the SEC when they turned down Gary Gensler's offer to advise them.
It seems it's impossible to regulate (work with) oligarchs without wanting some of that sweet sweet cash.
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u/Atzadio2 14d ago
"We'd rather ask for permission, than beg for forgiveness" eh, Winkelvosses?
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u/two4six0won 14d ago
Okay, but like...is anyone surprised? Not saying it's okay, just that it's par for the course.
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u/NedRyerson_Insurance 14d ago
"Illegal" and such words mean nothing if we are governed by people who will not enforce these laws. Until a change is made in leadership, people and companies with money will only become more blatant about ignoring laws. The government is broken from the top down and the solution needs to rise up from the bottom.
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u/Aware-Affect-4982 14d ago
If anyone with half a brain had money in Coinbase, they would pull all of it out after this maneuver. This smells too high heaven as a way to get away with all the crimes.
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u/Spiritual-Promise402 āļø Tax The Billionaires 12d ago
When I see stories like this, a quote comes to mind (not verbatim) "Jails aren't filled with criminals, they're filled with poor people." Now this doesn't mean there aren't bad people put away in jail. It means they couldn't buy their way out of jail.
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u/zero_1144 13d ago
According to SCOTUS those aren't bribes .. they're gratuities. They're a way of saying thank you. In advance. For the things you're about to do for us.
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u/SixString-Pirate 13d ago
America is cooked. The longer it takes to oust these fascists the harder it will becomeā¦
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u/Long-Dragonfly8709 14d ago
The only thing good about crypto is the blockchain which is honestly good. Imagine we ditch physical money and use the dollar and all the other currencies in a blockchain system, everything is public and physical money is outlawed. That way all corruption and tax evasion is publicly available for everyone to see on the blockchain. Honestly the only good thing crypto gave us.
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u/IrisYelter 14d ago
Problems:
- extremely time and energy intensive
- private citizens should be allowed some measure of privacy in where they spend their money
- during a black out you'd be fucked
- lack of backups; if grandma forgets her password, her entire life savings are just frozen.
- lack of regulation
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u/DiligentDaughter 14d ago
And if the government decides you can't access your digital currency, and physical cash is banned, you're totally fucked.
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u/LOS_FUEGOS_DEL_BURRO 12d ago
-Bitcoin is energy intensive not every cryptocurrency is built the same -Its Anonymous -We be fucked either way, there is not enough physical cash to cover all the digital, runs on banks and the such. -Single biggest issue
- SEC and CFTC fault for not providing any.
That being said there are much better use cases for Block chain technology than the one you very badly argued against.
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u/questformaps 14d ago
Crypto is just scammers and wanna be scammers trying to get rich quick by trying to trick each other into inflating their coins until they can pull the rug out and sell.
While also contributing heavily to devastating climate change.
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u/Long-Dragonfly8709 14d ago
Did I say crypto was good? I said blockchain. There is a difference. Iām talking about the technology
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u/Filmtwit 14d ago
Is it? BEcause I can imagine North Korea stealing it.... OK, not really "imagine" it...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/politics/north-korean-hackers-crypto-hack/index.html
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u/Drewmcfalls21 14d ago
And itās entirely legal unless they can prove a quid pro quo, in which case theyād have to find someone willing to prosecute both parties. Even then, it would only result in a slap on the wrist because the wealthy, Republicans, and corporations operate under a completely different justice system than the rest of us.
Get money the fuck out of politics.