How Money Controls amp Corrupts US Elections politics 2024election shorts

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I don't care who does the electing, as long as I do the nominating! William M. Tweed (1823-78), New York political boss of Tammany Hall. Story of how billionaires determine our voting choices. • Big money has replaced the power of 19th century party bosses. In this interview, my guest explains how dark money controls our elections and how big money is responsible for institutional corruption in America. But contrary to popular belief, the story of dark money and Super PACs doesn't really originate with the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision. • By the way, not all Super PACs are Dark Money. And my guest explains why Elon Musk's Super PAC - America PAC - and others like it are not Dark Money. • 🚩About My Guest: • ⁠My guest is Lawrence Lessig, a professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/lawre... • He is the founder of Equal Citizens and a founding board member of Creative Commons. He is the recipient of many awards, and was once cited by The New Yorker magazine as “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era.” • Prof. Lessig has also published extensively about U.S. elections and democracy, and the US Supreme Court, including the following books: • 1. They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy , • 2. Fidelity Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution , • 3. The USA is Lesterland: The Nature of Congressional Corruption , and • 4. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It . • ***** • Videos to watch next: • ⏩America's Generational Politics- why young white men vote like their grandpas: • Your Age, Sex Vote - Stunning Surve... • ⏩Trump compared to Cleveland (the only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms): • Presidential Comebacks: Comparing Tru... • ***** • ☑️Connect With Me: • Website: https://historybehindnews.com • ☑️Subscribe to our YouTube channel: / @historybehindnews • ☑️You can also listen to other scholars explain the history behind our news at the History Behind News podcast: • 🎧 https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify • 🎧 https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple • ☑️Support Us: • We appreciate your financial support of our program. • 🖱️https://historybehindnews.com/support • *****

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