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cron@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

From a european point of view, donating to a political campaign is nothing we would even consider. Additionally, we are not even allowed to donate if we wanted.

This makes this whole post relevant to less than 5% of the world’s population.

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BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and populist parties, data reveals

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- cron@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  If I read this article correctly, then all of euope donates about €150 million per year to policical parties.
  
  Kamala received $ 300 million only in july.
  
  There is literally an order of magnitude between the donations in the EU and the US.
  
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  - BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I don’t disagree.
    
    From the investigators site:
    
    Most political parties rely heavily on state subsidies, but not in Germany where they get hundreds of millions of euros from private individuals and companies.
    
    www.ftm.eu/transparency-gap
    
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
The post about electing the next American President? Okay, bye.

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