return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days ago‘Billionaires Aren’t Compatible With Democracy’: Elon Musk Tries to Boost Ken Paxton With $158 Million Donationwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down12
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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoI wish that was true. In the UK we’re trying to convince our government to cap donations, but all they’re interested in doing is limit who can donate. Basically the want to limit the donations to other “bad” parties but not their own donations. I believe Germany are having similar problems.
minus-squareNotAnOtter@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoStop getting in their way of “America bad”ing
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 days agoWhat I took from it was “ok, so you and Germany aren’t on the list of normal democracies”.
I wish that was true.
In the UK we’re trying to convince our government to cap donations, but all they’re interested in doing is limit who can donate. Basically the want to limit the donations to other “bad” parties but not their own donations.
I believe Germany are having similar problems.
Stop getting in their way of “America bad”ing
What I took from it was “ok, so you and Germany aren’t on the list of normal democracies”.