Zuckerberg is creating a new criminal justice reform group backed with $350M

Re:Zuckerberg is creating a new criminal justice reform grou... by pjc50 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:28AM (#25941464)

There are three possible outcomes, I suppose:

- $350m is enough to completely rewrite the policies across a large swathe of the US. The input of the public and other campaigning groups is swept away by this tsunami of money, and people are read their Zuck rights on arrest.

- $350m isn't enough to move the needle. In some ways this is a more frightening outcome, that that amount of effort - five SpaceX launches or one medium-sized company market cap - can't change a system that's entrenched against it.

- countervailing lobbying is spending another $350m in the other direction, so the needle remains unmoved.

None of these are particularly great. It's not really surprising that the average non-billionaire thinks that merely stating their case isn't enough to achieve positive change and it requires burning things down.

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Re:Zuckerberg is creating a new criminal justice reform grou... by ceilingcorner on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:31AM (#25941498)

I don’t see #2 as being a bad thing. Political change should not be a simple formula of Increase money to achieve goal.

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Re:Zuckerberg is creating a new criminal justice reform grou... by janpot on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:36AM (#25941547)

Exactly, that's what democracy should be and what it unfortunately isn't. 1 Person should be 1 Vote, regardless of their wealth.

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