Pro@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWisconsin lawsuit seeks to ban Elon Musk from offering $1 million checks to voterswisconsinwatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down10
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minus-squareRed@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 month agoLol, votes were sold. How is that democracy anymore?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 month agoThe candidate he was backing lost.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 month agoTrump lost…? Did I jump timelines?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoNo, you’re just remembering the wrong time. This is about the supreme court election in Wisconsin.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 month 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-up6·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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