• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    It was a pledge to vote, not legally binding. A lot of desperate people these days, and I can’t say I wouldn’t try to scam elon out of a million bucks if given the opportunity. “Sure sure, I’ll totally vote how you want Mr Musky sir. Make sure you spell my name right on the check now.”

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      2 days ago

      Yeah my internet history alone would eliminate me from that running.

      The winners are “pre selected”. Thats how his bullshit workaround works. Its been admitted. But for the uninformed, it sounds like a lottery.

      It isnt.

      even if a communist or anarchist or whatever tried to play the game and if it were a true lottery, you would be committing a far worse disservice by keeping quiet at this point.

      Stay quiet and maybe get a million. Its the democrat way if you look at our current dem politicians… do you really want to be like them right now?

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      Even so, the point of such laws is to be as impartial as possible. That’s not possible once people start accepting stuff. Doesn’t matter if they can still technically not vote.

      It’s not because it’s guaranteed to sway votes, but because it could.