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Yeah, I think there's a better way to alter democracy than outlawing political speech for everybody except approved major parties. > Require candidates to prov
by shrughes 13y ago
Yeah, I think there's a better way to alter democracy than outlawing political speech for everybody except approved major parties.
> Require candidates to provide clear answers
And the enforcement mechanism is...?
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- dkuntz2 13y agoIs it really outlawing all political speech, or limiting the amount of influence the wealthy have over the body politic? Political speech would still be permitted, politics would just cease to be the playground of who can wield money better to who has the better ideas.
- dalek_cannes 13y agoAnd that is what has gone wrong with democracy -- the ability to buy power with money. So long as that is possible, democracy will always have a half-life.
- shrughes 13y agoSo... political speech is permitted for Rupert Murdoch and G.E., or whoever owns NBC now, but not... who?