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Ooooooooh. One more for the list.
I started reading this a while ago, but haven't finished. It's an interesting exploration of the "other side" of campaign finance reform: the corporations who want money out of politics because they're tired of feeling extorted by politicians.
Now, that's really surprising to us, but apparently the history of campaign finance reform actually began with efforts from the private sector to stop being shaken down for money by Tammany Hall/Gilded Age types.
The point of the book is not to portray corporations as powerless victims (they're certainly complicit), but to shed light on a part of the issue that most people usually don't know about. In a way it actually gave me a bit of hope to think that there are private sector entities who are tired of feeling obligated to finance campaigns or fall behind their competitors, and would like to exit the money game in politics.
Another good book to read, if you're interested in our government's structural issues is: Extortion by Peter Schweizer.
https://www.amazon.com/Extortion-Politicians-Extract-Money-Pockets/dp/0544103343