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The other route I'd go is more libertarian (not not particularly partisan) -- "commerce is too important to allow it to get corrupted by politics" level-playing
by rdl 13y ago
The other route I'd go is more libertarian (not not particularly partisan) -- "commerce is too important to allow it to get corrupted by politics" level-playing-field of American myth, and talk about the arms race where once one business interest resorts to seeking political influence for business advantage, all of them have to, even if they don't want to individually.
Then maybe temper that with something about how people need to be able to stand for their own moral compass/conscience on issues of politics, and only by keeping huge and loud monetary interests out can we hear their individual voices.
- iandanforth 13y agoThis line of argument is weak because in real dollars spending money to buy a politician is cheap. It's actually a very well leveraged dollar to contribute to a politician who can regulate your rival. Maybe if you brought in an analogy to nukes? Sure there's this great weapon out there called "regulation" but we don't want corps wielding it against each other, it's just too dangerous. If they must fight they should fight with conventional weapons in the consumer market. ... Not great but I think that's in line with what you're saying.