@mondoshawani I don't mind influence campaigns aimed at selling me a better lip balm... wrt govt I don't want to handicap the US unless there's some verifiable way of enforcing the same reqs on oth govts... but campaigns are explicitly abt public persuasion and subject to disclosure reqs
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Reply · Mar 18, 2023@somewheresy imo you'd need to also simulate their advisors n lobbyists n campaign budgets... what they say is more a palatable justification than the…Reply · Jan 16, 2025@imitationlearn ... make media appearances and lobby politicians for favorable regulatory moatsReply · Mar 18, 2022@tepid_intrepid_ All politicians or a subset of them? Would we be better off w a norm of disclosure at start of campaign, similar to tax returns?Reply · Sep 9, 2021@QStonks @POTUS Clearly part of the plan to make the masses dependent on govt checks 🙄