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Which is the primary aim of the new democratic house. I would not consider someone trying to limit corporate control of politics a corporate shill.
by stochastic_monk 8y ago
Which is the primary aim of the new democratic house. I would not consider someone trying to limit corporate control of politics a corporate shill.
- shmerl 8y agoYet Larry Lessig was shut down the last time he tried bringing this into focus.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoThe 2016 election? Both the Democratic front-runner and the nearest also-ran not only had campaign finance reform prominently in their platforms (each with a full page devoted to the issue on their websites) but also brought it up during the debates. https://www.npr.org/2016/02/06/465781632/fact-check-clinton-and-sanders-on-campaign-finance https://www.npr.org/2016/02/06/465781632/fact-check-clinton-...
- jedmeyers 8y agoHow about limiting political control of people, so corporations won’t try to control politics so much? Since so far “limiting corporate control of politics” looks more like gatekeeping: allowing some corporations to control while denying others.
- sidlls 8y agoThe primary aim of the new democratic house is to continue in the same way under the same leadership as they have for the last 30 years. They're a conservative party who mainly want the same things as Republicans, but have somehow managed to bamboozle a whole new generation into thinking they're the party of civil rights, egalitarianism, labor, etc. They're about as interested in campaign and election reform as the Republicans.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoHow do you square your claims with this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18802997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18802997
- sidlls 8y agoPoliticians lie, and words are cheap.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoI’ll re-evaluate them after I see what this house does. I certainly don’t want what the current party in power does.
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- ta2987 8y agoThis is patently false. Shame on you.