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how is this not fraud

• lotsofpulp 8y ago
  Because there is plausible deniability.
  • ptah 8y ago
    that only means it can't be proven...yet
    • roywiggins 8y ago
      There's nothing illegal about refusing to disclose your donor list and calling yourself Americans For America (or whatever). Corporate lobbies have been doing this for decades and they know exactly what these entities can legally get away with.
      • ptah 8y ago
        i guess you can't have an oligarchy AND plug these kinds of loopholes
• roywiggins 8y ago
  It's just old-fashioned astroturfing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
• awakeasleep 8y ago
  A lot of what a normal person would think of a fraud or corruption has been written into the law of the USA