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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Except it isn't a restaurant, it's control of government, and a basic understanding of the rules of voting in the country shows that there are only two choices that have a reasonable chance of winning.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And? If you want people to vote for the candidate you support, you have to convince them to do it!

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah which takes ads, which require donations, and that is why politicians basically have to sell out in order to get votes.

EDIT: Everyone is right. The way the world works is that the Democratic candidate has to be a vaulted saint who single-handedly sheds decades old international alliances and ends all war and famine, is immune from money concerns, and disseminates his message via telepathy because traditional donations are beneath a being of his type...and he must be able to fully defeat a Republican demagogue who takes money from anyone, has the full support of Russia, and whose every utterance is covered in the press in addition to being a de-facto cult leader with a warchest of millions or even billions of dollars to be able to do traditional ad buys as well.

Completely reasonable 🙄