• Saapas@piefed.zip
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    2 days ago

    Dude invented paying for votes. Amusing but that’s gotta be illegal everywhere

    • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 days ago

      “Paying someone to get me elected” is just a political campaign hiring a campaign manager and staff. I don’t think that counts as bribery, but it is paying them in monopoly money, aka shares in a long bet that will never pay out.

      Yes, this creates an incentive for them to vote for you, but those 20 votes aren’t going to win you the election. A similar incentive exists if you are hired by any political campaign; if they win you maybe get a job in their staff.