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> Everybody does it, but I still think that businesses fundraising for political activity should basically be regarded as corruption. Right. So perhaps Mike Bl

> Everybody does it, but I still think that businesses fundraising for political activity should basically be regarded as corruption. Right. So perhaps Mike Bloomberg is corrupt then. Oh dear. Supporting evidence: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/13/mike-bloomberg-spend-100m-biden-trump-florida https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/13/mike-bloombe... You can also see how using 'guilt by association' here makes no sense with Oracle if we keep thinking that 'Bloomberg LP is supporting Biden.'

ceejayoz 6y ago
Yes, Bloomberg is corrupt. He tried to outright purchase the Democratic nomination, and subsequently dangled all sorts of promises of political spending in further attempts to buy influence.
christophilus 6y ago
Bloomberg is corrupt. In addition to his attempt at purchasing a nomination, his publication stopped writing about Xi’s family wealth in order to sell more terminals in China.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> So perhaps Mike Bloomberg is corrupt then. Yes, perhaps. Perhaps also the Pacific Ocean has some water and perhaps the sky is above the land and perhaps the Sun rises is the East. Does anyone not think Bloomberg is corrupt? > You can also see how using 'guilt by association' here makes no sense with Oracle if we keep thinking that 'Bloomberg LP is supporting Biden.' But the argument here wasn't guilt by association—that some one was bad because they were associated with someone else that is bad. It was that an action was taken to appeal to Trump by dealing with a firm known to be associated with and presumed to be favored by him. No one is guilty by association in that presentation.
pjc50 6y ago
Yes, having a billionaire news magnate buy his way into the Democrat party is also corrupt. (indeed, this is why Trump's "drain the swamp" pitch was so effective, despite being even more corrupt!)

ceejayoz 6y ago

Yes, Bloomberg is corrupt. He tried to outright purchase the Democratic nomination, and subsequently dangled all sorts of promises of political spending in further attempts to buy influence.

christophilus 6y ago

Bloomberg is corrupt. In addition to his attempt at purchasing a nomination, his publication stopped writing about Xi’s family wealth in order to sell more terminals in China.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> So perhaps Mike Bloomberg is corrupt then. Yes, perhaps. Perhaps also the Pacific Ocean has some water and perhaps the sky is above the land and perhaps the Sun rises is the East. Does anyone not think Bloomberg is corrupt? > You can also see how using 'guilt by association' here makes no sense with Oracle if we keep thinking that 'Bloomberg LP is supporting Biden.' But the argument here wasn't guilt by association—that some one was bad because they were associated with someone else that is bad. It was that an action was taken to appeal to Trump by dealing with a firm known to be associated with and presumed to be favored by him. No one is guilty by association in that presentation.

pjc50 6y ago

Yes, having a billionaire news magnate buy his way into the Democrat party is also corrupt. (indeed, this is why Trump's "drain the swamp" pitch was so effective, despite being even more corrupt!)