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Personally I disagree - I think donations to political causes and organizations should be considered public speech. Participation in a democracy takes 'a certai
by devindotcom 13y ago
Personally I disagree - I think donations to political causes and organizations should be considered public speech. Participation in a democracy takes 'a certain amount of civic courage.'
- gcp 13y agoThis makes it impossible for a minority movement to slowly gain traction. Why do you think secrecy in voting is widely considered to be necessary for true democracy?
- devindotcom 13y agoIt's not impossible, and while some forms of secrecy are necessary, I don't think they are "widely considered to be necessary," even if "true democracy" was a well-settled concept that happened to agree with your understanding of it. We just don't see eye to eye on this and likely won't ever.
- saraid216 13y agoYou're basically not saying anything except, "I disagree." Voting is the same type of public, political speech that donations are. Indeed, in a world where money is indisputably an overwhelmingly dominant medium through which votes are gained (that is effectively the point of donations), they are practically synonymous.
- saraid216 13y agoI think that sentiment makes sense on a plainly logical level, but it doesn't work in reality, because it legitimizes our current plutocracy. I could be more amenable to your viewpoint if the donation amount is hidden, though. Edited to add: also agree with gcp's point, and am annoyed that it didn't occur to me, which it should have.