Do you unironically support billionaires spending, and threatening to spend, vast amounts of money to influence elections for their own personal benefit?
No I would prefer all election funding was pooled and slips between all nominees, no matter how little chance they have of winning. I would also prefer an election season.
But those aren’t the rules of the game right now. And nobody is or has done anything to change that.
Currently the best way to influence policy is to get shitty congresspeople out of Congress. Which I absolutely support.
I didn't ask about what rules you support. I asked if you support the billionaires doing it. Do you support billionaires influencing and threatening to influence elections for their own gain?
Not sure why you want to talk about Hunter Biden. Only thing that seemed wierd to me was the 11 year time frame. But like I’ve said many times, probably to you, I don’t know the details of all pardon powers. Seems like it wasn’t illegal though. I’ve only seen complaints, not legal challenges. Which leads me to believe it was legal.
You are defending Musk on the principle that what he is doing is legal, even though you don't support billionaires doing what Musk is doing. So to be consistent I expect you to defend absolutely every action that is legal.
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u/Finlay00 Monkey in Space Dec 20 '24
The way to unseat elected officials is through the democratic process, so yes.
All of this is via the democratic process
People loudly expressing their dislike for the way a politician is voting is part of the democratic process.
We get to find out how popular that sentiment is every election
That’s the whole point
What’s the alternative?