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I've always looked at money's influence in politics as a sort of balanced system, like the house and senate. We need both equal access to politics and proportio
by menacingly 8y ago
I've always looked at money's influence in politics as a sort of balanced system, like the house and senate. We need both equal access to politics and proportional access to politics based on resources. Otherwise, democracy devolves into two me's and a Jeff Bezos voting on who pays for my stuff.
- xg15 8y agoBut now you have one you and 10000 Jeff Bezos' voting on how much tax Amazon should pay. Doesn't seem much better.
- forapurpose 8y ago> We need both equal access to politics and proportional access to politics based on resources. Otherwise, democracy devolves into two me's and a Jeff Bezos voting on who pays for my stuff. I've actually considered that, because it's effectively the status quo, but then I conclude: Why should wealthy people have special proportional access? There are so many more groups who are so much more at risk: Small business? Orphans? Groups facing systemic discrimination (women, minorities, LGBTQ)? Homeless? Minority party members in solid red/blue districts? People with rare diseases? With unpopular political beliefs? OpenBSD users? Wealthy people already have so much power and so many advantages; they might be the absolute last group that needs special protection.
- genericid 8y ago> Otherwise, democracy devolves into two me's and a Jeff Bezos voting on who pays for my stuff. Democracy does not "devolve" into that, that is what democracy is.