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Convince me that the solution is not to remove money from the process entirely. I’m just spitballing here but why don’t we have a system where every candidate
by mingus88 7mo ago
Convince me that the solution is not to remove money from the process entirely.
I’m just spitballing here but why don’t we have a system where every candidate gets the same allocation of money for ads and it is outlawed to use your own fortune to bankroll your candidacy
In a world where social media companies are all run by billionaires, let them pollute the feeds with their candidate of choice. This only speedruns the complete collapse of SM in an era where we can no longer distinguish real discourse from AI
And good riddance.
- bobomonkey 7mo agoWorkaround: I'm rich and would just start up a newspaper that gave my candidates good coverage. In my opinion, this isn't a easy problem if you value freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of people to spend their own money.
- jmye 7mo ago> Workaround: I'm rich and would just start up a newspaper that gave my candidates good coverage. Or buy Twitter.
- Tadpole9181 7mo agoAnd fix: a functioning government would make a law that outlaws such flagrant abuse of a media company. What, if making murder illegal was hard would you just throw your hands and give up and make murder legal? Why is it that suddenly, when it's about corporations to do whatever they want - including destroy democracy itself - we're little babies who can't possibly lift a single finger to stop it? But that guy who sold an eighth? Implement the full extent of mass surveillance and send a tactical SWAT team to the wrong house to arrest him for 40 years!