Trump Was the Symptom. Corporate Impunity Was the Disease

Trump Was the Symptom. Corporate Impunity Was the Disease

Joshua Scheer For decades, Americans have been told that rising crime, political polarization, and Donald Trump’s ascent are separate crises requiring separate solutions. Political scientist Marie Gottschalk argues they are all symptoms of the same deeper disease: an economic and political system that has steadily expanded punishment for ordinary people while shielding corporations and the wealthy from meaningful accountability. In a wide-rangin…