Thread by @kishineff

It's amazing that when Bill Clinton was president, #Americans seemed to know that "all politicians are corrupt". Clinton was followed by Bush jr, who lied us into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that we're still involved in and oversaw (at the time) the greatest transfer of ... 1/5

wealth to the top in history. Bush was followed by a president who oversaw an even greater wealth transfer to the top, and pushed climate change to the precipice with the expansion of fracking and who began FIVE for-profit wars, including the destruction of #Libya, which ... 2/5

went from the greatest standard of living in #Africa to open-air slave markets. But somehow tens of millions of Americans now believe that "their team" is somehow not corrupt and any proof to the contrary is fake news, partisan propaganda or (laughably) #Russian propaganda. 3/5

I have some news for you: @JoeBiden is corrupt as they come. So is @realDonaldTrump . So is @SpeakerPelosi . And so is @senatemajldr . We don't have two political parties, we have one corporate party, which is divided by some wedge issues, but agrees completely on ... 4/5

"the fleecing of America", continued oil production and for-profit war. There IS no Democratic resistance. If you think the current leadership of either party is going to save you from the other, congratulations, you fell into their trap. 5/5