This is totally normal right?

[Fanatical Meat]

Handful of people with extreme wealth dumping into the Presidential election. Totally normal they expect zero return on the monies spent.

Just 50 people have funneled $1.5B into 2024 campaigns: report

A new analysis from The Washington Post reveals that just 50 megadonors are responsible for $1.5 billion in campaign cash for the 2024 presidential cycle.Overall, this group of billionaires skews toward former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party — although there are Democratic...

www.rawstory.com

50 people have spent a combined total of $1.5 Billion.

 

[HomerJS]

One of the biggest mistakes ever by SCOTUS that money is political speech.

 

[KMFJD]

look at how much crypto companies are bribing politicians this election cycle

Big Crypto, Big Spending: Crypto Corporations Spend an Unprecedented $119 Million Influencing Elections - Public Citizen

www.citizen.org

• In 2024, crypto corporations have poured over $119 million directly into influencing federal elections, primarily into a non-partisan super PAC dedicated to electing pro-crypto candidates and defeating crypto skeptics.
• Crypto corporations are by far the dominant corporate political spenders in 2024 as nearly half (48%) of all corporate money contributed during this year’s elections ($248 million so far) came from crypto backers.

 

[Moonbeam]

One of the biggest mistakes ever by SCOTUs that money is political speech.

That was no mistake. It was a strategy the execution of which was meticulously planned funded and carried out over many years.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

look at how much crypto companies are bribing politicians this election cycle

Big Crypto, Big Spending: Crypto Corporations Spend an Unprecedented $119 Million Influencing Elections - Public Citizen

www.citizen.org

• In 2024, crypto corporations have poured over $119 million directly into influencing federal elections, primarily into a non-partisan super PAC dedicated to electing pro-crypto candidates and defeating crypto skeptics.
• Crypto corporations are by far the dominant corporate political spenders in 2024 as nearly half (48%) of all corporate money contributed during this year’s elections ($248 million so far) came from crypto backers.

Didn't trump say something crypto-ey recently?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Didn't trump say something crypto-ey recently?

He did and earlier he said something like “I want to make America the leader in cryptocurrency” however that’s done I do not know.

 

[dullard]

He did and earlier he said something like “I want to make America the leader in cryptocurrency” however that’s done I do not know.

Easy, just get big government involved with crypto. It seems like that is what they are wanting here.

 

[BoomerD]

What’s the sense of having yuge wealth if you can’t buy a politician or two?

 

[KMFJD]

Didn't trump say something crypto-ey recently?

Why of course he did....

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/22/trump-crypto-defi-protocol-launch.html

Well i'll be shocked....

MSN

bipartisan fuckery

 

[Stokely]

If you held a gun to the head of the only person or thing that means shit to Donald Trump--Donald trump--and asked him to describe "cryptocurrency" in a sentence, he'd fail miserably. He has absolutely no idea what it is. That hasn't stopped him from recognizing a way to scam people.

 

[Pens1566]

If you held a gun to the head of the only person or thing that means shit to Donald Trump--Donald trump--and asked him to describe "cryptocurrency" in a sentence, he'd fail miserably. He has absolutely no idea what it is. That hasn't stopped him from recognizing a way to scam people.

To be fair, the list of things you could replace "cryptocurrency" with in that sentence and still have it remain true is long enough to reach the nearest habitable planet (H/T to the Fermi Paradox thread).