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By rational people who can think in nuance, and aren't influenced by big campaign spending?
by lr4444lr 2y ago
By rational people who can think in nuance, and aren't influenced by big campaign spending?
- contagiousflow 2y agoSee countries outside of America for this.
- desumeku 2y agoYou mean countries like Romania, who had their election forcibly cancelled because the EU is scared of Russian social media posts, and Germany, who thinks that a man giving a speech and promoting a certain party is election interference?
- latentcall 2y agoLeon has tons of influence unfortunately all over, so yes it’s tantamount to interference. South African citizen shouldn’t have any say in politics outside of South Africa.
- desumeku 2y agoThis is literally totalitarianism. What the hell? I shouldn't be able to say that I support the AfD just because I don't live in Germany?
- contagiousflow 2y agoNo one's saying you can't. The equation changes when a foreign billionaire (and richest man in the world) is saying it.
- desumeku 2y agoIf you think democracy is threatened because someone pledges their public support for a specific party, then you don't actually believe in democracy.
- Nursie 2y ago> Romania, who had their election forcibly cancelled because the EU Well that’s wrong for a start. The election was cancelled by the Romanian constitutional court, not the EU.
- mola 2y agoAnswer to sibling about Romania Elections were nulled because of illegal campaign funding. Russia literally bankrolled the campaign and it wasn't reported as part of the campaign funding.
- avmich 2y agoBy many people, who tend to on average avoid fast motions to extremes. Much less volatile than billionaires.
- timeon 2y agoThere are democracies like that. But you need system with more parties and cap on campaign spending.
- itishappy 2y agoYes. Many such cases. Big campaign spending need not be legal, let alone the norm.