In 2010 the US Supreme Court overturned banning unlimited corporate expenditures for political campaigns. Like voters, yet exponentially more wealthy and powerful, corporations began to buy candidates.

I moved to Australia two months after the ruling and eventually gained citizenship. I knew it was the final nail in the coffin, yet I'm somehow shocked at how quickly it fell.

There are denialists and the confused, but the Americans grasping the reality and seriousness of the situation, I really feel for you. Sincerely. xo