Bill Moyers on ‘Dark Money’s’ Influence on North Carolina
The treasured American broadcast journalist tells "Democracy Now!" how untraceable political donations have shoved North Carolina to the political right.
Treasured American broadcast journalist Bill Moyers tells “Democracy Now!” on Monday how untraceable political donations have shoved North Carolina to the political right and how citizens are fighting back.
Moyers told the show, “This is more than North Carolina. It’s a harbinger of how organized money is the greatest threat to democracy because it unbalances equilibrium. Democracy is supposed to check the excesses of private power and private greed and if money disestablishes that equilibrium we’re in trouble.”
‘Democracy Now!’:
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