Since the 90s, the political left wing of the USA have stood up to private prisons and monied interests.
For a good example of the timeline of this change, in 1995 Joseph Biden passed a crime bill with a Crack to Powder Cocaine sentencing disparity of 40:1, which disproportionately impacted black communities. In 2003 he was among those who banned PAC money from politics (which wouId be overturned by Citizens United 7 years later). In 2009 he was Vice President to America’s first black President. 2010 he was giving a speech in congress asking, begging even, for that sentencing disparity to be removed. In 2022 and 2023 he was pardoning THOUSANDS of marijuana convictions.
I think in the 90s both parties were moderately bad, but now we’ve got one who are fucking psychopaths but we also have one who can and will save us if we can give them the chance.
Since the 90s, the political left wing of the USA have stood up to private prisons and monied interests.
For a good example of the timeline of this change, in 1995 Joseph Biden passed a crime bill with a Crack to Powder Cocaine sentencing disparity of 40:1, which disproportionately impacted black communities. In 2003 he was among those who banned PAC money from politics (which wouId be overturned by Citizens United 7 years later). In 2009 he was Vice President to America’s first black President. 2010 he was giving a speech in congress asking, begging even, for that sentencing disparity to be removed. In 2022 and 2023 he was pardoning THOUSANDS of marijuana convictions.
I think in the 90s both parties were moderately bad, but now we’ve got one who are fucking psychopaths but we also have one who can and will save us if we can give them the chance.