Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination

• salacious_coaster@feddit.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Say it in a way politicians can hear” means bribes. You got politician bribe money sitting around? I don’t.

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  • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It surprises me from time to time just how cheap some of these politicians sell out for. If I could get together with my neighbours all contributing $50 and buy a legislator or two, we could probably get funds for a stadium.

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    • thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “The former Royal Bank of Scotland submitter who was offered sushi rolls in exchange for helping try to rig the Libor rate-setting process has been banned by the UK’s financial regulator.” ft.com/…/23868e36-0095-11e6-ac98-3c15a1aa2e62

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      • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Without being able to read that article, I choose to interpret that quote as if a renown personal chef was on offer for a number of years to provide world class sushi rolls whenever the mood strikes.

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    • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That's because that's actually just the down payment. The recurring comes from board seats and roles in name only later down the line.

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    • boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Who wants a stadium, though? Those things are a blight.

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      • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oh I hadn’t meant an actual stadium, moreso stadium-level money for public works That said, there are stadiums that are defacto multipurpose community centres. Those aren’t half bad.

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  • trajekolus@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is just defeatism. Not all politicians are corrupt. And even corrupt ones also have to respond to other kinds of pressures, if those are strong enough. Defeatism is what makes democracy die.

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  • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You and a bunch of other people together do. You’re not changing anything on your own.

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    • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s the type of mentality that keeps individuals from even attempting to build a large gathering of like-minded people to actually push for a change. Yeah, I’m not doing any kind of damage by myself, but that should not keep me from trying, and asking others to also try. Fuck that defeatist mindset.

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      • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Get together with others and try, is my point. A current main issue is lack of attempts to coordinate efforts, and people talking like everything is an individual effort.

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Would you have $100 for your future? The population could bring the bribes.

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