The alternative to putting your money into the prediction market to influence the outcome is to try to influence the outcome in some other way (e.g. a disinform

The alternative to putting your money into the prediction market to influence the outcome is to try to influence the outcome in some other way (e.g. a disinformation campaign). At when if bad actors put their money into the prediction markets, they draw further attention to their false claim--something that can't be said for the alternatives.