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by jjoonathan 4552 days ago
Not necessarily. Right now our system has a policy of mandatory bribery built into the system by way of campaign finance rules. It's relatively easy to go from "mandatory bribery" to "optional bribery" through public campaign funding, which I think is a step in the right direction.

Campaign finance reform is a boring but necessary first step towards fixing this mess.