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I can’t figure out if this benefits my political team so I’m not sure if it support it. But once I find out I’ll rapidly defend or oppose it. /s
by mrfusion 5y ago
I can’t figure out if this benefits my political team so I’m not sure if it support it. But once I find out I’ll rapidly defend or oppose it. /s
- mattnewton 5y agoI know you are being sarcastic; but I think this probably affects all political teams who otherwise would be giving up a significant advantage by not at least hiring some firm at arms length to try to fleece their supporters this way. I think it’s even better for everyone to ban it so that everyone doesn’t get trapped in this race to the bottom.
- peter422 5y agoDJT’s campaign made heavy use of this tactic but AFAIK no other major political candidate has done this. Unsurprisingly DJT’s donations had much higher chargeback rates. Most politicians don’t want to anger their biggest supporters. DJT didn’t seem to care.
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- Spivak 5y agoYou joke but this is a real problem that prevents us from clearing out our political tech debt so to speak. If you expect worse outcomes from the loss of political territory than the harm from whatever you want to change then it doesn’t happen. And you have to constantly deal with both sides trying to change things that they know in advance disproportionately affect their opponents. Until our political system “stabilizes” where high-profile elections aren’t won by teeny tiny margins or determined by turnout and voting access more than the real preferences of the population this is going to be an issue.