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We don't have "fair" elections after Citizen's United. We don't have "fair" elections after the FCC scrapped the Fairness Doctrine in the 80s under Regan. We
by ok123456 4y ago
We don't have "fair" elections after Citizen's United.
We don't have "fair" elections after the FCC scrapped the Fairness Doctrine in the 80s under Regan.
We don't have "fair" elections for the president since we don't directly elect the president.
The scenario where china somehow designs a dastardly TikTok video that convinces---I'm sorry "manipulates"---young people to vote en mass in a way that somehow advances the national interests of China and against their own material concerns is remote. But, I'm not sure how that's worse than any other garden variety Super PAC, or billionaire debutante like Mike Bloomberg or Howard Schultz.
- fsflover 4y agoSure, your elections have a lot of problems. Don't you think you should fight that and not introduce more problems, "because it's already bad"? > The scenario where china ... "manipulates" ... young people to vote en mass in a way that somehow advances the national interests of China is remote Didn't it already happen with Russia affecting the elections via Facebook?
- ok123456 4y agoThey, allegedly, bought ads like anyone else would have. Did that ~$100k ad buy stop Hillary from campaigning in the Mid West and visiting Wisconsin?