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by Danihan 3231 days ago
Corporations are already limited by normal laws and by market forces. I'm skeptical when people claim that isn't enough.

Political influence reform is a whole separate issue and I think the problems are structural and go much deeper than just "corporate money in politics."

Personally, I think the idea of a "representative" democracy is simply outdated and problematic. Representatives can be bought, and that will always be the case. I'd prefer to see more direct democracy (with constitutional constraints.) I believe you'll see society gradually transitioning towards that, as in California.

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I largely agree, and can see some sort of governance model that's a mashup of cryptocurrency and Wikipedia editing, where political influence (and the ability to make significant changes is proportional to one's established credibility (not that this is beyond abuse either). .