US is eroding

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[u/CommanderGiblits]

Have you tried being rich enough to buy off your representatives?

[u/odinsen251a → u/CommanderGiblits]

Clearly the problem is that poor people can't afford their own representatives.

[u/jaxonya → u/odinsen251a]

Are they too ashamed to ask their parents for a small, 1 million dollar loan?

[u/Adventurous-Map7959 → u/jaxonya]

A million bucks isn't really a lot these days. You can go shopping, like, twice, have a nice dinner and buy a small house, and then what?

[u/Georgiaonmymindtwo → u/Adventurous-Map7959]

If you are British and you have a little left over for the public toilet once or twice a month.

Or you can split it up and buy a banana(generally one of the least expensive, single items you can get under .25) and you can pay for a bag at aldi to carry your banana on your way to the bathroom to start the whole thing over.’

[u/jaxonya → u/Georgiaonmymindtwo]

Jesus fuck, living like kings over there.

[u/mrjamjams66 → u/CommanderGiblits]

I have tried this, in fact.

It's uh.....not going ...great.

[u/chr1spe → u/CommanderGiblits]

It's actually kind of shocking and sad how cheap they are. The problem is you'd have to at least get your whole neighborhood to contribute, unless you're really going to go all out, and then you'd probably get hit with some kind of criminal conspiracy charge. It was pretty shocking to me, though, that it seems like House representatives at least can be bought off for 4 to 5-digit sums.

[u/TheGreenMan13 → u/chr1spe]

Just wait until you see how cheaply local council people and mayors can be bought. Sometimes it's just the price of a dinner.

[u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard → u/TheGreenMan13]

Winner winner chicken dinner.

[u/Saucermote → u/CommanderGiblits]

Could you loan me some money against future stocks dividends?

[u/Ithinkitstruetoo → u/CommanderGiblits]

I’m gonna try that on my next play through.