Politics

Money and Guns: How We Escape Our Existential Dread

Existential Dread

Michael Bloomberg’s anti-NRA campaign reveals why liberals love money in politics as much as everybody else: They’re terrified.

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Have you heard the depressing, outrageous news?

The dreaded Koch brothers are dumping $50 million into an election-year campaign to target their political enemies and—this is a direct quote—“make them afraid of us.”

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Isn’t it revolting? When will the influence of money in politics ever subside?

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