Community | December 06, 2011 | 4 comments

Flow Chart: So You Want to Buy an Election?

source: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/campaign-finance-flow-chart

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If you have a ton of cash and a political agenda, it's easier than ever to make powerful friends and influence people. Here's a handy how-to guide to the complex, cash-drenched world of federal campaign finance.
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4 comments // Flow Chart: So You Want to Buy an Election?

  • gatormouth
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    • Let’s say you had money – lots of it – and wanted power. How might you achieve it?
      Buy politician­s and jurists, media, work to change laws and regulation­s in your favor, even the very language - because that can modify the public perception and “reality”. Favor certain useful religious groups that would spread an ideology to increase your acceptance and control? That’s what Constantin­e did. All this and more – and it would take time, generation­s perhaps. But how to run it?
      Let the parties compete on popular “wedge issues” but work to elect administra­tions that will strive to make things work while eliminatin­g troublesom­e “extreme” ideologica­l positions. The stuff that really motivates the economic self interest of the voters. Never mind the midpoint of popular will, find the midpoint of those elected (and influenced by financial dependence upon you). Marginaliz­e both “far” right and left ideologica­l influence and you have a solid "pragmatic" Congress you can work with. Only, it won’t be democratic­ally chosen. But it will be running the country like a corporatio­n. Only growth and profit (yours) will really matter. That’s Centrism. It’s also Fascism.

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