We spent $5.2 billion dollars on the 2018 mid term elections. Over and over, candidates are judged as viable based on their ability to raise large amounts of money, despite the fact that there is no evidence that fundraising ability translates to effectiveness in office.https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/1079741527277166592 …
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Is that similar to the military-industrial complex?
There is a whole campaign industry of consultants, pollsters, etc that is deeply invested in spending huge amounts of money in campaigns.
