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alisarae 's review for:
After reading this book you will have serious ethical inhibitions voting for Republican candidates, so be ye warned.
Several times this quote by Louis D. Brandeis appears: "We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." Out of context, this may sound like something that is super pro-socialist, but the book does a very good job of showing how true it is.
The final chapter gives a few relevant numbers regarding estimated spending during the 2016 election cycle:
- Democratic Party - $1 billion
- Republican Party - $1 billion
- Koch bros and billionaire friends (minus Trump, btw) - $889 million
Those numbers alone should make you do a double-take and question what the motivation is, because they obviously believe they will get good returns on their investment.
(note: 4/5 stars because sometimes Mayer uses language that is obviously biased and it's hard to see what her sources are... describing the expressions of people, quoting bloggers without giving specifics, etc)
Several times this quote by Louis D. Brandeis appears: "We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." Out of context, this may sound like something that is super pro-socialist, but the book does a very good job of showing how true it is.
The final chapter gives a few relevant numbers regarding estimated spending during the 2016 election cycle:
- Democratic Party - $1 billion
- Republican Party - $1 billion
- Koch bros and billionaire friends (minus Trump, btw) - $889 million
Those numbers alone should make you do a double-take and question what the motivation is, because they obviously believe they will get good returns on their investment.
(note: 4/5 stars because sometimes Mayer uses language that is obviously biased and it's hard to see what her sources are... describing the expressions of people, quoting bloggers without giving specifics, etc)