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Most (all?) of those changes happened before Citizens United.

While I agree none can be fixed until Citizens United is fixed, fixing Citizens United isn’t sufficient.

In this you are likely correct. It's really anything that is allowing unlimited money (goods or services) to flow into campaigns from industries or unknown origins. It's also the court which is limiting voting rights. Those are two good starts which will help shift power back to the electorate.

I mean, it's bad that in our country we have to consider boycotting companies that donate to or support politicians/legislation which work to undermine democracy and such. This is plainly indicative of a broken system, where participating at the ballot box is insufficient to overcome corporate interests.

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