For me the blame goes:
1) the supreme court and the citizens united decision allowing
2) Wealthy donor class buying elections
3) Republican party for not standing up to those in group 2
4) media for utter failure to cover this era correctly (owned by group 2)
5) the voters of this country for having the memory and attention span of a gnat with ADHD (no offense to those with ADHD)
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