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It's ridiculous how much money tech has yet media can push us around. I know media has been in bed with the govt for a longer time, but in DC, money talks and

It's ridiculous how much money tech has yet media can push us around. I know media has been in bed with the govt for a longer time, but in DC, money talks and bullshit walks. why can't we bribe errr lobby the hell out of DC on behalf of what's best for society and tech.

innguest 12y ago
If the taxpayer wasn't so easily distracted they should be voting for Lobby Neutrality where the communication ways with politicians would be guaranteed to be equal to everyone, be they a citizen or a corporation or Israel.
- wyager 12y ago
  > where the communication ways with politicians would be guaranteed to be equal to everyone, be they a citizen or a corporation or Israel. So... everyone in America is entitled to about 52 milliseconds a year with each politician? That's how you'd have to split it up to be "equal" (assuming we force politicians to spend an unrealistic 12 hours a day satisfying the requirement to provide "equal" lobbying opportunities).
  - innguest 12y ago
    How about everyone in America goes to some lobby.gov website, and either put in a new topic, or vote an existing topic up, for X amount of topics to be discussed the coming weekend. There are many ways to solve this, and even if each person had 52ms that would be better than the current system.
  - tomjen3 12y ago
    Thats actually not so stupid: you could donate your miliseconds to whatever cause or group you believe in and they would then get a pooled time to speak with the politician. Can't get ten thousand people in the US to care about your cause? Then the cause likely suck. There are certainly other, better options, but it is not clear that it is as bad as you suggested.
DennisP 12y ago
Media doesn't just have money for buying ads. It has its own TV programs with talking heads that tell everybody what to think.

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It's ridiculous how much money tech has yet media can push us around. I know media has been in bed with the govt for a longer time, but in DC, money talks and

by segmondy 12y ago

innguest 12y ago
If the taxpayer wasn't so easily distracted they should be voting for Lobby Neutrality where the communication ways with politicians would be guaranteed to be equal to everyone, be they a citizen or a corporation or Israel.
- wyager 12y ago
  > where the communication ways with politicians would be guaranteed to be equal to everyone, be they a citizen or a corporation or Israel. So... everyone in America is entitled to about 52 milliseconds a year with each politician? That's how you'd have to split it up to be "equal" (assuming we force politicians to spend an unrealistic 12 hours a day satisfying the requirement to provide "equal" lobbying opportunities).
  - innguest 12y ago
    How about everyone in America goes to some lobby.gov website, and either put in a new topic, or vote an existing topic up, for X amount of topics to be discussed the coming weekend. There are many ways to solve this, and even if each person had 52ms that would be better than the current system.
  - tomjen3 12y ago
    Thats actually not so stupid: you could donate your miliseconds to whatever cause or group you believe in and they would then get a pooled time to speak with the politician. Can't get ten thousand people in the US to care about your cause? Then the cause likely suck. There are certainly other, better options, but it is not clear that it is as bad as you suggested.
DennisP 12y ago
Media doesn't just have money for buying ads. It has its own TV programs with talking heads that tell everybody what to think.