2026-10-18 17:34 UTC
@murdoc@autistics.life I think there’s a way without eliminating the use of money. The role of government is regulation. We can already see unfettered capitalism will kill us and the planet.
If government made all elections publicly funded and banned all donations over $1,000 contributions by individuals, outlawed PACs, and SuperPACs, and don’t allow outside spending then politicians would have to answer to their constituents.
But getting there from here is the hard part. We are so deep in the corruption, it’s hard to see a way out.
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@Bwaretheleopard@mstdn.ca 2026-10-19 01:45
@aburtch@shakedown.social @murdoc@autistics.life Legally I think you would have a very hard time doing this in the U.S. without constitutional amendments (i'm not saying it shouldn't be done). But my understanding is that case law has decided that spending money by pacs and superpacs is protected speech under the first amendment, so you wouldn't be able to ban them.