brightstep

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   by brightstep 7y ago

   Big difference between money sourced from individual donors and money sourced from an individual. In the former case, money represents the collective will of a group of supporters. In the latter, it represents the will of one rich guy. Tha
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   by brightstep 7y ago

   In many states it is illegal to share a photo of your ballot.
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   by brightstep 7y ago

   In some ways he's far more dangerous. He implemented a truly scary authoritarian police state during his term as mayor of New York City.
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   by brightstep 7y ago

   The amount of money Bloomberg can/is using to buy this election is unprecedented in a Presidential candidate. The simple definition for attempting to buy the presidency is "any money you control", including your bank account,
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   by brightstep 7y ago

   You're missing a key alternative here which is, you know, asking voters to donate
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   by brightstep 8y ago

   Also, from the Abstract: > the current framework in antitrust—specifically its pegging competition to “consumer welfare,” defined as short-term price effects—is unequipped to capture the architecture of market power in the modern economy