The system for spending campaign money is so awful, and the key players in it so irredeemably corrupt, that pouring more money into it is just gasoline on a bonfire. We only got away with a quirky effort like the Great Slate because of the element of surprise. Winter is coming.
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Also if you're a VC interested in electech or the political blockchain, call me!
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Oh, just to make you feel worse—as a political fundraiser, you know the thing I found works best? Massive Twitter drama. You will raise easily 10x the money from an online freakout that you would from a real event with real people. Context-free high dudgeon = $$$$. Enjoy 2020!
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Let me give you a specific example. In December 2017, I rented an entire Unitarian church in NYC and flew three candidates out for a fundraiser. It cost me about $4K, and raised $30K. Then I posted about it on Twitter, and someone called me a liar...https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/942584432854228992 …
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This person's account was later suspended. His tweet calling me a liar raised 3x more money than the event he was trying to debunk. The lesson here is: never do events, just get into tweetfights. But the people in that church represented valuable political capacity, unlike tweetspic.twitter.com/5W2KtktjwL
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Anyway, if you're outraged by all this (as you should be!), donate to the Great Slate. And be sure to RT.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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Thankfully ActBlue is a non-profit. I agree that the way campaign money is spent is pretty corrupt.
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Non-profits are not inherently good.
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(vomits slightly)
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