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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by api_dolla on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:17PM (#21404781)
The entire point is that more money doesn’t lead to disproportionately more speech.

And if readers were ‘mostly competent’, and able to decipher the truth, we wouldn’t even be having this convo

Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by ctdonath on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:57AM (#21408783)
Deciphering truth is up to the individual. You don't get to declare yourself the authority thereon, empowered to control what others hear based on what you deem "truth".

Strange how many purporting to wave the banner of "equality and diversity" want absolute control over others, rather than respect the natural sovereignty of the individual.

Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by Nasrudith on Thursday October 31, 2019 @05:01PM (#21413676)
I am sorry but when has money not meaning more speech ever been true in practice? Even in Communist Dictatorships it didn't hold as those with power also had money effectively.

Printing presses and distribution were expensive - even more so back in the day and before their invention it held - arguably even more so.

It may be a good ideal for having ideas standing on their own weight but a precedent it is not.