1) Decades of right wing figures taking over the media from Rush Limbaugh to Rupert Murdoch turning Fox News into the number one news network. 2) The Citizens United decision which allowed billionaires to buy politicians like Peter Thiel bought JD Vance and Elon Musk paid for Donald Trump. Money is speech!! 3) The take over of the Supreme Court by the far right which has allowed gerrymandering and essentially ending the Voting Rights Act. 4) The Bush v Gore decision which the Supreme Court decided the 2000 election for Bush which led to where we are today.