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RE: Warren Supporter on Her Taking Corporate Money
I'm in line with Kyle Kulinski's opinion on this. Either you acknowledge that big money "donations" are inherently corrupting and the root of virtually all our political problems, or you don't. Rationalizing that it's corrupting for others but not "my" candidate is just that - rationalization. And it wouldn't be so expensive to run if presidential campaigns weren't a ridiculous 2-year affair. Cut it down to 2-3 months for primaries and the general combined.
Would a shorter campaign cycle reduce the influence of big money?
There are only so many hours in a day that funders can cram effective advertising into. So unless "news" outlets jack up the cost of ad time 10x to compensate for a 90% reduction in campaign periods (which should be easy to regulate against in some fashion), how would they even be able to spend the same amount of money and have even a prayer of having the same level of influence? Manipulation and propaganda takes time to set in.
Not to mention how much society would benefit from the bullshit horse race nonsense no longer consuming so much of the oxygen in the room in near-perpetuity.
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