Color me pessimistic and mostly a dumbass but how will this stop things? Like people can still donate. It just won’t be anonymous (and even by the letter of the bill that’s kind of up in the air too). But will that stop anything? As we’ve already seen, tons of billionaires don’t really give a crap if everyone knows they donated a bajillion dollars to stop puppies and kittens from getting free food. They’re still doing it and still making a huge difference in politics.
I guess I just don’t see a huge difference in changing a campaign donation from “Bill’s Furniture Emporium donated $3 million to Carl Ass’ campaign fund” to “the ceo of Bill’s Furniture Emporium donated $3 million to Carl Ass’ campaign fund”
I think this is definitely a step in the right direction but I don’t think this is the crippling blow to oligarchy some people seem to think it is
Color me pessimistic and mostly a dumbass but how will this stop things? Like people can still donate. It just won’t be anonymous (and even by the letter of the bill that’s kind of up in the air too). But will that stop anything? As we’ve already seen, tons of billionaires don’t really give a crap if everyone knows they donated a bajillion dollars to stop puppies and kittens from getting free food. They’re still doing it and still making a huge difference in politics.
I guess I just don’t see a huge difference in changing a campaign donation from “Bill’s Furniture Emporium donated $3 million to Carl Ass’ campaign fund” to “the ceo of Bill’s Furniture Emporium donated $3 million to Carl Ass’ campaign fund”
I think this is definitely a step in the right direction but I don’t think this is the crippling blow to oligarchy some people seem to think it is