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Jimmy Carter wants to rouse the sheeple. Appearing on the Thom Hartmann Program earlier in the week via phone, the former President called the U.S. an "oligarchy," thanks to political bribery that he believes has tainted our country's political system. You can hear the exchange by rolling the clip above or perusing his comments below (Carter was answering his host's question about limitless campaign financing):

It violates the essence of what makes America a great country in its political system. Now, it's just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being at the essence of getting the nominations for President, or to elect the President. And same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and Congress members. Now, we've seen a complete subversion of our political system, as a pay-off to major contributors who want, and expect, and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election is over. ... It's going to take either a horrible, disgraceful series of acts in our country that turn the public against [the status quo] and eventually, maybe even the Congress or the Supreme Court. ... But at the present time, the incumbents, Democrats and Republicans, look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves. Because somebody who's already in Congress has a lot more to sell to an avid contributor than somebody who's just a challenger.



This is not the first time Carter has spoken out about the U.S.'s perceived political pitfalls or the election process. As the Huffington Post points out, Carter famously called the 2010 Citizens United ruling "the most stupid decision that the Supreme Court ever made." It was "one of the most damaging ways to rule that corporations are people and that major corporations now can give unlimited supplies of money to candidates," he added. Evidently, the idea has not grown on him. Gone are the good ole non-oligarchical days.

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