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It's not enough to control the funding, you have to control the political speech. Basically, candidates would get fixed slots of tv and radio time to spread the
by Joeri 11y ago
It's not enough to control the funding, you have to control the political speech. Basically, candidates would get fixed slots of tv and radio time to spread their message, and all other political speech would be forbidden. Otherwise money can dominate the conversation as it does with the pacs. However, such a thing could never be done in the US due to the core belief that free speech is a fundamental right that cannot be curtailed.
- chimeracoder 11y ago> It's not enough to control the funding, you have to control the political speech. Basically, candidates would get fixed slots of tv and radio time to spread their message, and all other political speech would be forbidden. Otherwise money can dominate the conversation as it does with the pacs. So you would prevent candidates from tweeting, or posting on Reddit, or updating their personal blog?
- brucefancher 11y agoThat is some scary Orwellian shit right there.