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One aspect of this that is being missed is how well this illustrates the inability of the Democratic party to take advantage of an obviously advantageous situat
by alistproducer2 10y ago
One aspect of this that is being missed is how well this illustrates the inability of the Democratic party to take advantage of an obviously advantageous situation.
It's a no brainer that most people would recoil at the idea of everything they do on the Internet suddenly being for sale. It would be super easy to come up with at least a dozen relatable nefarious use cases and stuff them into TV commercials and ads and tying it to the Republican party.
But nope, silence. It's almost like they don't want to be in power. It feels like I live in a de facto one-party state.
- maxerickson 10y agoRealistically it is a fringe issue and people have 18 months to forget about it before there is an election.
- alistproducer2 10y agoThe GOP has survived, and thrived, on fringe issues for generations. In the poli-sci world such tactics are known as wedge issues. The Dems know they exist, but are very poor at the successful execution of them. At the end of the day, the federal government has very little daily impact on most people's lives. In order to get people's interest, one has to elevate fringe issues and create strawmen to get people interested. The GOP has understod this forever.
- maxerickson 10y agoThe wedge issues they use have pretty big blocks of motivated voters. I don't think privacy has that. EFF has 25,000 members. NRA has 5 million. EFF has a budget of ~$16 million a year. NRA has a couple hundred million.