Todd Walton wrote:
Industry should not be made to shill for government.
You have the cause and effect backwards.
Government should not be made to shill for industry.
The fact that government can be bought is not mainly the fault of
corporations; they are playing the game by the given rules.
And, if you want to prevent that, then you need to find a way to create
a campaign system that neutralizes money *and* incumbency.
The main reason why we haven't just capped election money is that would
favor the incumbent even *more* than currently. At least with a vast
reserve of cash, you can challenge the incumbent.
All of the good that comes from our current mix of economy and state
could be replicated in a separated model, with a good portion of the
bad going away.
Oh, please. You're effectively saying that you can create a rules-based
system that cannot be gamed or circumvented. Humans are, in fact,
superb at gaming inflexible, rules-based systems. The whole point of
having humans acting as checks and balances in a feedback loop is to
prevent such gaming by introducing discretion.
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