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smallmancontrovyesterday at 6:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

Letting mega-billionaires spend mega-millions to buy the conversation around elections isn't my definition of freedom.


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balarjinyesterday at 8:22 PM

> Letting mega-billionaires spend mega-millions to buy the conversation around elections isn't my definition of freedom.

Spell out the details: Exactly who will not be permitted to speak under your definition of "freedom"?

If you say that only people with a billion dollars can be punished for speaking: Do you think the limit won't be lowered over time?

If the issue is that no person should be able to spend more than N million dollars in one "conversation", how do you allocate broadcast licenses when the price in an auction would be more than N million?

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carlosjobimyesterday at 6:57 PM

Which people do you allow to work together for their political goals then, oh grand hacker?

Do you understand the basics of a free society, which include freedom of association? You don't have much of a democracy left if you remove that.

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