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   acb (acb@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 19:34:54 JST acb

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   • Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   @ChrisMayLA6 A similar experiment was conducted in Romania recently. The result: an obscure pro-Russian demagogue won the first round of the presidential election, until the courts cancelled it due to irregularities.

   In the UK, the last part would not happen; if the courts were able to do that, we’d still be in the EU.

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     Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 19:34:55 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

     If Elon Musk does channel $100m to Reform (likely via a UK subsidiary, investing/loaning the money to Reform UK, a private company), we will be part of an interesting political experiment.... what can be achieved by a massive outspending by one minority party?

     We may not want to be experimented on but if nothing else it will confirm or modify views on the role of money in democracy.

     Perhaps another Billionaire might join the experiment & fund the Greens as a comparison?

     #democracy #politics

     Charlie Stross repeated this.