THE VIDEO SHELF · money in politics
Corruption is Legal in America
A short RepresentUs explainer arguing that US politics is shaped by money, citing the Gilens and Page Princeton study on how little average citizens influence policy.
Why HN readers recommended it
Frequently linked as a compact summary of the Princeton study when commenters argue Congress ignores public opinion.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- RepresentUs
- Topic
- money in politics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Today somebody on Reddit linked to this video which talks about the process of money influencing politics [VIDEO] It doesn't discuss the role of the judicial system. It's all about the legislative aspects of US government. It's pretty compelling and well made. Hopefully a bipartisan …
rudimental on Hacker News · 2017-04
In Richard Posner: “The Real Corruption Is the Ownership of Congress by the Rich”I think this video will encourage you. Well actually maybe it will discourage you, but the follow up video will encourage you :D Corruption is Legal in America: [VIDEO]
auslegung on Hacker News · 2021-02
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