Should there be a limit to the amount of money one person can spend to attempt to influence the government?
Is it fine and dandy for a very wealthy person to show up in a tiny town and impose their whims on everyone just by outspending everyone and buying everyone and everything that can be bought?
myrmepropagandist
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2026-10-19 10:18:35 UTC
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