To the editor:
The 2024 election is not about Trump or Harris. It is about who controls our democratic Republic, “We the People” or “We the Corporations.”
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United in 2010 that corporations have the same rights as individuals in spending money on elections, dark money has poured into our elections.
Here is an example quoted from the Washington Post on 7/28/2024:
“The Biden administration, by contrast, has infuriated tech leaders by hindering the crypto industry, attempting to regulate AI and challenging corporate acquisitions — a key path for start-up founders to cash in. Sacks, Musk, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone, and founders of the prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz have all thrown in with Trump and are donating large sums to a pro-Trump PAC.
If Trump reclaims the White House, Vance could help transform the tech industry from political punching bag to engine of capitalism, filling government positions with ideologically-aligned tech leaders. A web of Thiel-associated start-ups, including Vance’s own token investment in defense startup Anduril, are competing for billions in contracts.”
Bob Hawk
Walden
