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[–] 3 points 2 months ago

Elon Musk buys elections but dems have scammy fundraising. They all take cash from AIPAC but peoplejust ignore that.

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    [–] 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Here’s why

    In breaking down the expenditures for the leading clearinghouses of spam fundraising appeals, Bonica found that out of some $670 million in donations, just $11 million wound up in the coffers of campaigns, national party committees, and individual candidates. The other $659 million stayed with the fundraising groups themselves. That works out, Bonica wrote, to “a fundraising efficiency rate of just 1.6 percent.”

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Astounding. I had low expectations but they managed to surprise me anyway. Really hope we can clear out the rest of the establishment DNC and cultivate an actual(!) alternative to fascism

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I knew it'd be horrible but it's way worse than I expected, too. No wonder they keep losing elections, the people in charge aren't even pretending to be in the business of getting their canidates elected!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    That's the case with most fundraising efforts, for cancer research, schools, etc. Nearly all of it goes to the fundraising mechanism, especially salaries.

    I own a business, and I get asked to do fundraisers all the time. Of course, they want me to do it for free, "for the exposure" because "people with money" will be there. When I was new, I did few, and got nothing but requests to do more free fundraisers. Now I flat out tell them "No, I'm what you spend your money on to attract more money." If they don't like it, I don't care. Why should I worry about losing a free gig, or chasing off someone who demands I work for free?

    Fundraising is a scam.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    "Hey look how bad these people are"

    While completely ignoring the other sides much much much worse implementation of the same stuff

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You're missing the point. It doesn't matter what the other side is doing. This is bad for getting democrats elected.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The point is that stakes are higher than that... its democracy or no democracy is the choice.

    Bad democrats are the least worse option.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Bad democrats are the least worse option.

    Second worst by the narrowest possible margin loses elections. Berate the voters all you want, it won't change a thing. The republicans whose votes you want won't vote for the lesser evil because it's lesser. The left you hate won't vote for the lesser evil because it's evil.

    Stop being evil.

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