I find the SSC "Too much dark money in almonds" post interesting because it starts from the premise that there obviously isn't too much dark money in almonds, an argument from incredulity, and uses this (and similar) to argue that there isn't too much dark money in politics, but
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Rich people suing publications they dislike out of existence apparently doesn't count as influencing politics, nor does creating or buying up major publications. Nor does industry spend on offering government officials lucrative jobs in return for favorable policies, etc.pic.twitter.com/LBokcr8YjH
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Perhaps someone could figure out a way to estimate an upper bound on the sum of all these things combined and argue that it's still small, but the fact that this kind of "indirect" money influencing politics isn't mentioned except in the cases where it seems small, e.g., tumblr,
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