Billionaires can and do use their money to make those restrictions disappear. Just like millionaires used their money to remove the restrictions on getting more money to become billionaires.
why should wealth explicitly affect the ruleset by which you play? freedom of the press is crucial to avoid facism, however politicians could get an exemption.
Well that’s about Trump, not politicians broadly. But if we assume that’s the issue across the board, is the problem that politicians are able to represent us with their words, or that politicians are able to escape consequences for their words?
why should wealth explicitly affect the ruleset by which you play? You are right, it shouldn’t. That’s why billionaires shouldn’t be able to own newspapers.
Oh, I see.
Ugh. Billionaires should get restrictions on the stuff they are allowed to publish
Billionaires should not exist
Alrighty, I changed my vote to this option
Billionaires can and do use their money to make those restrictions disappear. Just like millionaires used their money to remove the restrictions on getting more money to become billionaires.
It’s not known whether it was him or not, but many suspect it
Its a reasonable suspicion.
Bruh
What?
why should wealth explicitly affect the ruleset by which you play? freedom of the press is crucial to avoid facism, however politicians could get an exemption.
The core issue is clearly that money can be used to bypass rules.
Elaborate on why politicians should be exempt
they in some sense represent the nation, one orange piece of shit shouldn’t be about to ruin the reputation without some punishment.
Well that’s about Trump, not politicians broadly. But if we assume that’s the issue across the board, is the problem that politicians are able to represent us with their words, or that politicians are able to escape consequences for their words?
why should wealth explicitly affect the ruleset by which you play? You are right, it shouldn’t. That’s why billionaires shouldn’t be able to own newspapers.