Jenuall wrote:Yeah I cannot fathom the sequence of events that would be required for the US to actually do something tangible about guns.
It would require the draining of dark money from the political system. Starting with a Supreme Court decision in the 1970s, money has been steadily corrupting the country's political system ever since. As a result, many politicians, particularly on the right, but also in the Democratic party and in other, smaller groups, are entirely beholden to their donors.
That's why, when voting machine manufacturers donate to Mitch McConnell, he shuts down election security bills.
Many wealthy corporations have a stranglehold on legislation now, that should have no place anywhere near it.
I'm fairly certain that, without the corrupting influence of money, you'd see a marked decline in political polarization, and a renewed drive to regulate industry and protect the country's elections.
Sadly, it'll take Democratic supermajorities to convene a Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution and get rid of dark money, and I don't think that we'll ever see that happen.