Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal
by jcfrei on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:12PM
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Absolutely now way that the "votes that come from importing wealthy people [...]" are going to be enough to get politicians elected - not enough wealthy people in the world. The real risk is the continued rise of populism which will result in cynical policies rather than real solutions for dealing with the increasing wealth gap.
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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal
by klabb3 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:26PM
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Yeah, not to mention that people on visas can't vote. It's definitely a flaw in the causality chain, but at the same time I empathize with the frustration of the Portuguese people.
Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal
by kipchak on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:23PM
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Not directly, but a extremely wealthy person without a vote who can make campaign donations directly or indirectly arguably has a larger impact than the average voter. For example 90% of house seats go to the person who spent the most, though causation isn't necessarily always the case.[1]
[1]https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/money-and-elections-a-c...