Citizens United, Toonsplained

What if your voice in democracy was worth less than a corporate donation? We dive into the Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United v. FEC ruling and the disaster it unleashed on American elections. Spoiler: it’s not looking great.



ABOUT TOONSPLAINED
Animated comedy sketches featuring your favorite people on the internet living through late-stage…everything. This is a take‑no-prisoners look at technology, culture, and our way too online world.

THE TOONSPLAINED TEAM:
Ben Irwin, Host
Stacey Keller, Gen Z Influencer
Gary Thomas, Boomer Influencer
Father James MacKenna, Jesus Influencer
Joey Maga, Conservative Propagandist

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Cold Open and Title
00:41 How It Came To Be
01:44 What Has Happened?
02:34 Overturning
03:23 Biggest Blows
04:43 Like and Subscribe

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The Powell Memo, penned in 1971 by Lewis F. Powell Jr. for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, urged corporate America to combat anti-business sentiment by aggressively influencing politics. It advocated funding think tanks, shaping media, and lobbying to entrench corporate power. This strategy polarized politics, prioritizing wealth over public interest, and laid the groundwork for decisions like Citizens United (2010), which unleashed unlimited corporate campaign spending, amplifying elite influence. By promoting deregulation and tax policies favoring the rich, the memo fueled a massive wealth gap, concentrating economic power among a few while undermining democratic fairness and exacerbating inequality over decades.