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By singling out Democrats, are you claiming that the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson haven’t influenced the government in ways that are beyond the scope of wh
by Guest42 5y ago
By singling out Democrats, are you claiming that the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson haven’t influenced the government in ways that are beyond the scope of what citizens should be capable of?
- TchoBeer 5y agoGP didn't mean Democrats as in the party, but rather Democrats as in the people in charge under a democracy, i.e. Democrats as opposed to Oligarchs
- netizen-936824 5y agoThey mean "democrat" as the people who practice democracy, not the US political party
- KiranRao0 5y agoWhile I can't be sure, I believe the commenter is referring to "democrats" (an actor in a democratic government) and not "Democrats" (actors within a political party in the US). Correct me if I'm wrong.
- nlittlepoole 5y agoTheir influence largely comes from their ability to buy media timethrough PACs. Direct contributions to politicians is still highly regulated. You could argue that they can wield influence by threatning current politicans to fund the campaigns of competitors but at the end of the day this still happens through PACs buying media campaigns. The influence of the Koch's or Adelson is largely hinged on the fact that Americans don't use critical thinking when consuming their media. Rather than trying to find a way to wiggle around the first ammendment when it comes to spending on speech, why not try to build an electorate capable of critical thinking? If you don't think that's possible, then what's the point of any of this?