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I mean that receiving election funding generally just correlates with winning and it doesn’t cause winning.

Everyone wants to write checks to the winner, because they think they will win. But writing checks to some random candidate doesn’t result in them suddenly winning.

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> The people rejecting candidates who were open to taking those bribes

The people voted for candidates who were openly taking bribes from other people.

> You don’t think the professional bribe guys know a thing or two about doing bribes?

Crypto bros know better and wont hire the professionals

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I understand the frustration but you realize how brazen the US is about bribes right? It's not a bribe unless you say "I'm giving you this money as a bribe." That's the legal standard SCOTUS has declared.
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Yeah, for sure. That’s why I vote for candidates that refuse PAC money from crypto and otherwise. This goof is lazily and without evidence asserting that there exists no good option. I dunno if they wanna just be smug or if they’re actively trying to dissuade participation, but I don’t need it either way.
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