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@ Guy Swann
2025-05-08 01:42:33
And how much would they be willing to spend to get people to not vote? And what would that get them if not a subsidy, handout, govt contract or the like? Those are exactly the things being fought over.
You realize people could do that exact same thing today. Just tell someone they will pay them $100, $1000, whatever not to vote. To what degree is that tool abused?
Then compare that to how many illegal immigrants and given govt paid housing, how many welfare recipients are bribed and appealed to en masse for more handouts, how many special interest projects lobby for contracts there are today.
I totally get what you are saying, but we are making a comparison here. There’s zero chance, zero, that the abuse of “pay people not to vote” equals the LITERAL trillions that get fought over in our current system by people voting themselves other peoples funds. Arguably it’s almost the entirety of how our govt runs.
It’s a fun thought experiment, but in no universe does the example you raise even visibly show up on a chart with the current resource corruption next to it.