Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by dd36 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:05AM
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I don’t disagree. We need to get money out of politics. It’s been done before. It can be done again.
Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by chadlavi on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:40AM
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> It's been done before.
When was that?
Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by dd36 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:35PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_reform_in_the...
Some of it has been overturned recently but limits have existed for periods of time.
Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by chongli on Thursday April 04, 2019 @12:51AM
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I don't want to downplay the importance of campaign finance reform but that's just a drop in the bucket. Look at all the wealthy donors that endow the Ivy League. Look at all the charity speaking engagements, yacht clubs, Davos junkets, private island parties.
Meanwhile, mainstream television is waning in influence for political advertising. Now it's all about Facebook. Think of the micro-targeting turnout power they have. It's obscene!
Replace companies with nobility or aristocracy and you're talking about a problem as old as civilization itself. The fact is, small groups with control over a lot of resource (elites) will always work to consolidate and secure their power. Barring some radical, unforeseen technology, the masses of people will always have a more difficult time coordinating their actions to prevent this. This is the class struggle narrative of history.