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I don't care if it is raising money for a democrat/republican/green/independent. The problem for a long time has been too much money in politics, but Citizens U
by tasty_freeze 2y ago
I don't care if it is raising money for a democrat/republican/green/independent. The problem for a long time has been too much money in politics, but Citizens United made it worse, and the events of the most recent election should have made it transparent to everyone who was in denial that this is the case.
If I donate more than $2900 to a candidate I get in trouble. If I create a PAC, then I'm able to donate $290M dollars without issue. Yes, we still have one person/one vote, but voters who donate millions of dollars are the ones who get heard.
- jdminhbg 2y agoThe candidate who spent more money lost, though.
- amarcheschi 2y agoGiven the status of Russia interference in USA affairs, I think their expenses as well for the campaign can't not be counted
- hmmokidk 2y agoYep you gotta include the Kremlin budget for destroying the world’s super power. Otherwise the comparison is simply not fair.
- taeric 2y agoWell, you have to ignore the purchase and rather rapid weaponization of twitter?
- tasty_freeze 2y agoThat is beside the point. The guy who spent the most is now running wild through the government, firing people without cause, sucking up information, installing software, reallocating money, and who knows what. Your point seems to be: that is OK because Trump won.
- MrMcCall 2y agoLearning the word "kleptocracy" is but one of many benefits of my being a huge William Gibson fan.
- ignoramous 2y agoAdd gerontocracy to that.
- MrMcCall 2y agoOnly a few of the real players in this are old, even if they're the original source of the money.