[moduspol]

They didn't start doing it in 2024.

Also, at least in the US, it's the side that spent a lot less money that won. Just like in 2016.

Besides, having money is only one form of influence. One might also have influence from a massive federal bureaucracy, legacy media, Hollywood, academia, workers' unions, and other places.

[eat]

> Also, at least in the US, it's the side that spent a lot less money that won. Just like in 2016.

I'm sorry, which side purchased Twitter?

[karmakurtisaani]

And owns the Murdoch media empire?

[consteval]

While money is just one form of influence, it’s the most flexible. Those other forms of influence can be bought, just as everything can be bought.

We may instate rules to prevent such buying. No problem, undo the rules because undoing rules can be bought because everything can be bought.

Look at something like Citizens United. Does anyone want that outcome? Not really. A few, very rich, people want that outcome. And so it is made. How we got there is unclear. What is clear, in my mind, is that the benefactors made it happen.