Moneyocracy (2012)

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

How it feels

This documentary examines the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It explains how the ruling allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited money on political campaigns. The film argues this has corrupted U.S. democracy and made elections extremely expensive.

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What happens

Moneyocracy is a 2012 documentary film about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), which was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. The film explores how the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision has dramatically changed the U.S. Campaign Finance Laws and lead to the most expensive Elections in the United States. The film describes the systemic corruption of the United States democracy and the consequences of that systemic corruption on the U.S. democracy and the electorate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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