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> Voting with your wallet doesn't work usually, because your wallet isn't big enough. > Vote with your vote! My wallet is bigger than average. My vote is not.
by lapcat 2mo ago
> Voting with your wallet doesn't work usually, because your wallet isn't big enough.
> Vote with your vote!
My wallet is bigger than average. My vote is not.
Of course in neither case are they big enough to make much of a difference by themselves.
- dymk 2mo agoPeople with big enough wallets have a bigger vote than everyone else
- zaik 2mo agoBut what about relative power? US GDP / #votes in last presidential election = 208608 USD You must indeed have a big wallet if you perceive it to be more powerful than your vote. Only a small percentage of people spend that much in a year.