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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Dutchman's latest book is about global open borders, i.e. a wet dream for plutocrats. He's a ruling class toadie just like Tucker.[/quote]
except Carlson takes money from plutocrats while talking crap about globalism, ie, he's a hypocrite which is what the Dutch guy called him out on.[/quote]

Don't be so naive. Who published the Dutchman's book? Who greenlit the reviews and interviews for the Dutchman's book? Who invited the Dutchman to Davos?

Answer: The same ruling class that funds Tucker.[/quote]

This is the rightwing talking point ('bothsides'!!!) that the right falls back upon when they are finally called out on their lies.

Fact: The majority of money spent by billionaires to influence media and politics is spent by rightwing billionaires on rightwing policies designed to enrich themselves (despite a few high profile exceptions like Bill Gates.)

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo29143391.html
Billionaires and Stealth Politics
BENJAMIN I. PAGE, JASON SEAWRIGHT, AND MATTHEW J. LACOMBE[/quote]

It's not rightwing talking point, it's common knowledge that lots of money is thrown around by both sides. According to this the dems actually raised more and spent more in 2016.  There's generally much less political variety in America when compared to other countries anyways.
[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/14/somebody-just-put-a-price-tag-on-the-2016-election-its-a-doozy/[/url]
[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/campaign-finance/[/url][/quote]

It is a rightwing talking point.  The truth is that rightwing billionaires are the problem.

First reason those articles don't apply: This is a liberal-majority country.  So then why was equal money contributed to presidential races?  (Answer: because rightwing billionaires and corporations bias us towards the right; otherwise Hillary would have raised more.)

Second reason your links are not persuasive: Most rightwing billionaires in 2016 spent money on downballot races, on the Senate, the House and state races.  
And rightwing billionaires own Fox and fund Breitbart and Washington Examiner and IJR and EPPC and AEI and Cato.  That is dirty money, just like the Dutch guy said.

The rightwing talking point is to say "there's equal money on both sides".  That's just false.  And the book above explains in DETAIL why there is far more money spent on the right for partisan political purposes.[/quote]

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