In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
Yeah, that’s what they do. They just buy their way into influence. Our democracy is not strong enough to withstand the onslaught of the power of money. Capitalism needs to be fundamentally checked at every level, or it will supersede rule of law and democracy causally.
If money is power, then capitalism is a form of government, and fundamentally incompatible with democratic rule.