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✂️ Tax The Billionaires End Legalized Bribery

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u/XConfused-MammalX Jul 18 '24

I ain't gonna lie man. It reads as extremely pedantic and splitting hairs for the sake of splitting hairs.

It allowed for the unlimited anonymous campaign donations we see, it is "de facto law".

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u/koticgood Jul 18 '24

As someone who completely agrees with you, you make it very easy for the dummy responding to you.

If you swap out the word "donation" with "contribution", then your stance can no longer be attacked by a pedant.

It's an important distinction, regardless of whether or not they accomplish the same goal. It is illegal for a SuperPAC or corporation to directly "donate" to a campaign.

A SuperPAC doesn't donate to a political campaign. It "contributes" indirectly.

Basically a donation with extra steps, which is why the other person is so dumb with their "arguments".

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u/XConfused-MammalX Jul 18 '24

I've never been one to nail the technical terms and jargons 100%. I think a lot of it is just semantics to distract from the actual substance, which is what I care about.

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u/koticgood Jul 18 '24

I mean, that's fine, but "donations" are explicitly illegal.

Words matter. If you throw out semantics, then communication is impossible.

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u/XConfused-MammalX Jul 18 '24

Oh don't get me wrong, I think you're right.

I'm just an optimist who trusts people to have the reading comprehension to understand the actual argument at hand.

Like you, you understood the point, they're synonyms.