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Fix campaign financing laws to limit the power of money in politics. The only reason the politicians listen to the impassioned few over the apathetic many is be
by curun1r 12y ago
Fix campaign financing laws to limit the power of money in politics. The only reason the politicians listen to the impassioned few over the apathetic many is because the impassioned few are willing to supply the money needed to get reelected. Fix that, and politicians will start representing the interests of the broadest swathe of the electorate or, gasp, voting with their conscience based on what seems like the right thing to do.
Sadly, we seem to be going the opposite direction on this at the moment.
- jal278 12y agoA recent and relevant approach to addressing campaign finance is Lawrence Lessig's MayDay [1] movement, which is sort of a SuperPAC virus (a SuperPAC to end SuperPACs). [1] https://mayday.us/ https://mayday.us/