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No, not really. As far as "it would be nice" for politics to be free market of ideas, having to deal with scale is simply an inherent part of the world we live

by Xeamek 3y ago

No, not really. As far as "it would be nice" for politics to be free market of ideas, having to deal with scale is simply an inherent part of the world we live in. Like What system would You propose where campaigning funds don't matter? What, public fund where every candidate gets a fair share and they are prohibited to, for example, printing flyers on their own? In the land of free, nonetheless? Ofcourse it costs a lot to campaign for high positions in country as big as the US. Actually, in any country.

digdugdirk 3y ago
There's definitely alternatives. Just as an example - Require every campaign to fund all expenses and advertising from a single campaign account, and limit funding sources to individual people with a personal contribution limit per candidate. Heck, limit the actual campaign period to the 3-4 months before the election while we're at it. No more super bowl campaign ads? That sounds like a great system to me.
- Xeamek 3y ago
  But that can by bypassed super easily. Sure, you might not get adds of type "vote X" anymore. But then I will just sponsor a "documentary" about all the ways that Y screwed the country over. Or even more directly, why X KS a great politician. As for single account, again: will your forbid other "individuals" to make any political contributions that might or might not influence standings of a given candidate? Verry quickly you start playing cat and mouse game, and at the same time, heavily infringing on freedom of expression
carimura 3y ago
Well the problem is a) size of congress hasn't kept up with growth of country, and b) there are a lot more wealthy people. So basic supply and demand means more competitive seats, more expensive races, more pricing out anyone attached to the reality of living an average citizens life in this country. I don't have an alternative proposal at the moment but step 1 is identifying the issue.

by Xeamek 3y ago

digdugdirk 3y ago

There's definitely alternatives. Just as an example - Require every campaign to fund all expenses and advertising from a single campaign account, and limit funding sources to individual people with a personal contribution limit per candidate. Heck, limit the actual campaign period to the 3-4 months before the election while we're at it. No more super bowl campaign ads? That sounds like a great system to me.

Xeamek 3y ago
But that can by bypassed super easily. Sure, you might not get adds of type "vote X" anymore. But then I will just sponsor a "documentary" about all the ways that Y screwed the country over. Or even more directly, why X KS a great politician. As for single account, again: will your forbid other "individuals" to make any political contributions that might or might not influence standings of a given candidate? Verry quickly you start playing cat and mouse game, and at the same time, heavily infringing on freedom of expression

carimura 3y ago

Well the problem is a) size of congress hasn't kept up with growth of country, and b) there are a lot more wealthy people. So basic supply and demand means more competitive seats, more expensive races, more pricing out anyone attached to the reality of living an average citizens life in this country. I don't have an alternative proposal at the moment but step 1 is identifying the issue.