The Supreme Court Just Destroyed Our Democracy in Favor of the Plutocrats | Alternet

The Supreme Court Just Destroyed Our Democracy in Favor of the Plutocrats | Alternet: 



That clanging sound you hear is the Supreme Court, hammering the final nails into democracy’s casket. With Wednesday’s decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, the court has crossed the line protecting the last vestige of campaign finance reform, and making it official: Rule by the rich is now unfettered. Plutocracy’s moment has arrived.