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by newsoul2019 2565 days ago
Why can't they "grow their own" powerful politicians? Find somebody young, put them in all the right places with all the right people, and have them say all the right things. Shouldn't be hard with unlimited resources.
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The problem with humans is that Free Will stuff. Eventually the human says or does something unpopular and your investment is written off, along with the politician.

Maybe this young upstart has already tweeted something in their more free-spirited days, just waiting to be scrolled onto.

Much more effective to pump money into the political parties directly. They're going nowhere.

Sounds like the plot to the departed.
For that you have to know the right things, or to know someone who knows the right things. That requires a degree of empathy.