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All those things are very expensive and someone without significant backing won't be able to afford them. Ads are cheaper and more effective, especially when yo
by bluecalm 8y ago
All those things are very expensive and someone without significant backing won't be able to afford them. Ads are cheaper and more effective, especially when you're just starting and don't know if you should invest more of your time and money.
- ddingus 8y agoBuying votes is way more expensive than asking for them is. About 30 people are in these mid term general elections doing exactly what I put there. None of them have significant means. Most of them beat the people doing it "the very expensive way." You are not wrong, buying an office is not cheap. People lacking significant backing, or personal means cannot afford to do that. That is not the only way to do politicking. I am not wrong either.
- bluecalm 8y agoIt's not about buying the office. It's about getting your message to be seen without investing huge resources. No one with a job can afford organizing rallies and laying significant groundwork unless they are already rich, backed by major party or otherwise having most of their time free to do political activity. Ads are cheap way to try to get people to look at your message. It challenges monopoly of the media and gives platform to new players. I am not sure why you talk about buying votes. Getting people to look at your message is not buying votes. Making crazy promises like free cash for everyone or flats for everyone as human right is.
- ddingus 8y agoUntrue. Again, there are people in general elections who did exactly what I put here. There are mutiple ways of politicking out there.