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right because true democracy is when you give cheques to people to convince other people to vote a certain way
by slopinthebag 12d ago
right because true democracy is when you give cheques to people to convince other people to vote a certain way
- sigmoid10 12d agoWell, he is famous for axing down middle management in companies. Might as well get rid of Super PACs and buy voters directly.
- slopinthebag 12d agoprobably also preferable to buying votes by making and executing promises to give people free stuff/programs. at least they aren't using tax payer money
- croon 12d agoI don't understand how those two are connected. Both are bad though.
- slopinthebag 12d agomy point is that there isnt much difference, and #2 happens by every politician in every democracy. i have no desire to defend musk but imo people should be criticized for valid reasons or you risk diluting the other arguments.
- croon 12d agoBut the reason given was very valid and specific against Musk. You introduced a separate issue that is much more widespread, but that doesn't detract from the original criticism, nor dilute it.