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0 pointspeterwwillis10y ago0 comments

> The minute such activity is illegal, the people have lost and we've become an oligarchy, unable to provide information to our fellow citizens necessary to cast informed votes.

'The people' aren't the ones 'providing information', campaigns full of biased individuals trying to beat a competitor are. The system and its 'elections' has nothing to do with the people, it has to do with a few powerful wealthy entities struggling for power.

Yes, we should definitely prevent a very small minority of political Übermenschen with more money than God from being able to control the system for their own aims.

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URSpider9410y ago

Campaigns are actually explicitly prohibited from coordinating in any way with the so-called SuperPAC's that have unlimited fundraising ability.

As the parent said, how would you propose to limit political speech in a meaningful way without infringing on the free speech rights of the public at large?

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0 pointspeterwwillis10y ago0 comments

> The minute such activity is illegal, the people have lost and we've become an oligarchy, unable to provide information to our fellow citizens necessary to cast informed votes.

Yes, we should definitely prevent a very small minority of political Übermenschen with more money than God from being able to control the system for their own aims.

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URSpider9410y ago

Campaigns are actually explicitly prohibited from coordinating in any way with the so-called SuperPAC's that have unlimited fundraising ability.

As the parent said, how would you propose to limit political speech in a meaningful way without infringing on the free speech rights of the public at large?

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