If someone won $500,000,000 in the lottery, what would be the most effective way to spend it to change the political situation in America?

Edit: Asking for a friend. Also; as much as I appreciate the violent suggestions, I’m thinking more positively focused.

  • Eheran@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Considering the small amounts of money we do know about in corruption, I would day you massively overestimate how much someone costs.

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      1 year ago

      They’re not all Lauren Boebert, but there’s a lot more money than half a billion being thrown around in politics. If half a billion were enough to just buy all the politicians Musk would have done it a long time ago, that’s about 1/400th of his net worth when he keeps his mouth shut.

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        1 year ago

        In total, yes, maybe more. But over, likely, thousands of people and, mostly, for minor things here and there.

        Also, just throwing money at people is not somehow a failsafe way to get something. Not everyone can be corrupted and not everyone seeing the corruption is going to be quiet about it.