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Abdul El-Sayed: “Democracy was broken the day corporations started to buy…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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Published | Video Starts at 14:47

So you get a lot of people who talk about immigration as this, like, esoteric, abstract thing that sits on a mantle, and we just admire it. Democrat. I mean, Democracy was broken the day corporations started to buy elections. That didn't just happen. We're like at death's door now. But, like, we've been here, we've been sick. And so why don't you talk about it in ways that are actually fully complete? (14:47–14:52)

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Asserts that corporate influence in elections has undermined democracy.

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