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One of the reasons we didn't implement an edit feature is to prevent people from materially changing the content of old posts after they generate a discussion or get favorited to a high score.
I would be in favor of an edit button that let's you append an edit to an existing post, so people can see the edit history...
@MentORPHEUS I'm not missing anything I'm trying to establish a starting point for the discussion on which we both agree.
So we now both agree that the two donors you're talking about donated to PACs, not directly to Trump. The candidate is not allowed to coordinate with the PACs, legally.
You keep trying to jump to the result which is that you think candidates do favors for donors and you keep trying to skip the free speech issue.
This is premature and unhelpful, because the very issue you are complaining about hinges on free speech.
I asked you a question about free speech like 3 posts ago, you still haven't answered.
Let me repeat, you can't get across this bridge with out running into the first amendment issues.
No matter how much you want to have waive it away.
It doesn't matter WHAT the electorate thinks about Elon cutting government programs unilaterally through the unelected DOGE entity.
A) Apparently it doesn't matter to you, because the majority of the electorate is in favor of it.
B) He isn't unilaterally cutting jack shit. He's conducting audits and exposing fraud, waste, and abuse. The President then acts on his recommendations (redirecting funds within agencies), as does Congress (defunding agencies entirely).
This audit is long overdue, and I'm absolutely thrilled that it's happening.
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You do realize that the only position in the Executive Branch which is elected is the President, right? The rest are all appointed by the President, or hired by the agencies.
Every time someone whines about "unelected" they show their ignorance.
Read More@SeasonedRP it's terrorism, so yes, they will.
@MentORPHEUS I hate it when I’m kissing her neck and get a mouthful of perfume, now I have to experience that when I’m licking her legs?!
Dove, Secret, and Old Spice have been burning a LOT of ad money for "Whole body deodorant," showing FAT women spraying prodigious quantities on their chunky legs and distended midriffs.
Installing the Firefox browser on my phone which I use to listen to podcasts on Youtube has been a blessing. I wish I had done it much sooner. As for the fat chicks of the world: Just put down the fucking fork!
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I was just curious where this $$$ = votes thing was coming from. So far as I'm aware, no one can submit more than one ballot. With that in mind, I don't think regulatory capture helps to answer that specific question.
You're kinda missing the forest for the trees here, understandable considering non-American. I'm not asserting that money is literally buying votes that put specific candidates in office to make policy. I'm saying that money is literally buying influence over politicians and getting policy made and tax dollars spent completely OUTSIDE of the voting process. That is a partial explanation of what Regulatory Capture means.
You can't even be fussed to use even the correct language, purposefully using propaganda phrases used by the media such as "trump accepted $100 million" even though it's incorrect in fact and spirit,
This is correct in fact AND spirit, even if the precision of my characterization came out less than 100% perfect.
What I will stand firm on, is that Miriam Adelson represents a single-donor to the Trump campaign in the amount of $100MM. This was paid through a Super PAC she controls called Preserve America.
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, pumped approximately $239 million into the 2024 election cycle through his America PAC alone.
Adelson's quid pro quo was consent to back Israel's expansion plans and to get the US Military and MIC used to back the IDF.
Elon Musk's quid pro quo has become unprecedented access to the President and the budgets and workings of multiple government agencies.
This level of "Pay to play" is what I mean when I say rich individuals outvoting average Americans by 8 orders of magnitude. It doesn't matter WHAT the American electorate thinks of billions of dollars supporting Israel's warmongering. It doesn't matter WHAT the electorate thinks about Elon cutting government programs unilaterally through the unelected DOGE entity. These two individuals have blatantly BOUGHT their way around the ballot box, and here you are demanding I draw a line on the free speech front.
Bruh. You are SO missing the meta on this!
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