Pro@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWisconsin lawsuit seeks to ban Elon Musk from offering $1 million checks to voterswisconsinwatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1310
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minus-squareRed@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up44·3 days agoLol, votes were sold. How is that democracy anymore?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThe candidate he was backing lost.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoTrump lost…? Did I jump timelines?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoNo, you’re just remembering the wrong time. This is about the supreme court election in Wisconsin.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 days agoWell, you see, money is speech now. So I guess the question is…would this SCOTUS suppress the free speech of billionaires who want to buy votes directly?
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoYep, the Citizens United decision let everyone know that some people just have more free speech than others. This is America.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWasn’t democracy the day the electoral college came into existence
Lol, votes were sold. How is that democracy anymore?
The candidate he was backing lost.
Trump lost…? Did I jump timelines?
No, you’re just remembering the wrong time. This is about the supreme court election in Wisconsin.
Well, you see, money is speech now.
So I guess the question is…would this SCOTUS suppress the free speech of billionaires who want to buy votes directly?
Yep, the Citizens United decision let everyone know that some people just have more free speech than others. This is America.
Wasn’t democracy the day the electoral college came into existence