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Meanwhile, domestic spending on corrupting elections is like comparing an ocean to a raindrop. Mike Bloomberg spent $300 million on ads/influencing elections in
by tkel 2y ago
Meanwhile, domestic spending on corrupting elections is like comparing an ocean to a raindrop. Mike Bloomberg spent $300 million on ads/influencing elections in 2020.
- Sabinus 2y agoAmericans convincing their fellow citizens to do things is a very different proposition to foreign governments convincing American citizens to do things.
- marcusramberg 2y agoTrue. Clearly your billionaire ruling class has your best interest at heart, so this is fine. /s
- leeoniya 2y agolet's be honest here. billionaires are the ruling class wherever they exist.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoSure. But other places at least pretend to fight back, though. EU is actually trying to resist these notions as of late.
- op00to 2y agoCould it be that both allowing American billionaires to use their hordes of gold to influence elections is also bad, but we don’t have the tools to stop them as readily as foreign adversaries? Must every solution be perfect from the outset? Must we do everything at once?