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The amounts of money that goes into #US politics is insane. And it has been even worse this time with Musk pouring half a billion dollars into the #Republican coffers. The only saving grace is that the electorate thoroughly rejected him and them. I’m not sure it will always be so and he’s not going to stop unless it’s legislated for to prevent huge individual and corporate donations.
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Raison d'État · 23h
The amount of money coming *OUT* of US politics is 2-3 orders of magnitude greater, though. That's comparable to the markup on cocaine, from coca farm gate to American street. With the market for US political influence that profitable, you are not going to stop it with laws. Even summary execution...