▲ 104 ▼ If you woke up a billionaire tomorrow, what's the first thing you'd do? (lemmy.world) submitted 5 months ago by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 186 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yizus@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Start strategically: just buy your way into overturning money in politics. Fire with fire baby!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* With a billion dollars?! I'm crying sad tears and laughing at the same time. 2 billion dollars of PAC money was spent in the 2024 presidential election. That's a single year. One election cycle. In order to overturn Citizen's United, you would need at least a couple of Supreme Court justices, too. So you need enough money to elect uncorrupted politicians to Congress, so that they can approve judges who are also not corrupt. I think people HUGELY underestimate how much money flows into politics now that PACs are legal. Why the fuck else would Trump suddenly get interested in politics at his late stage in life? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* With a billion dollars?! I'm crying sad tears and laughing at the same time. 2 billion dollars of PAC money was spent in the 2024 presidential election. That's a single year. One election cycle. In order to overturn Citizen's United, you would need at least a couple of Supreme Court justices, too. So you need enough money to elect uncorrupted politicians to Congress, so that they can approve judges who are also not corrupt. I think people HUGELY underestimate how much money flows into politics now that PACs are legal. Why the fuck else would Trump suddenly get interested in politics at his late stage in life? permalink fedilink source parent