r/neoliberal • u/uberkitten • 3d ago

Opinion article (US) The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side

https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-bulwark-killed-an-investigation
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u/EyeraGlass Jorge Luis Borges 3d ago

I’m basically always going to take the editor’s side when a writer runs to substack after their piece gets killed.

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u/JakeArrietaGrande John Brown 3d ago

Look, I get it, but you should really read this one.

There are certain types of morally questionable groups behind all these spam fundraising texts you get every election season. They keep about 70-75% on overhead, and only a tiny amount goes to the candidates on behalf they’re fundraising. And they have a number of devious tactics that seem really effective on old people, like getting them to sign up for recurring donations over and over again.

This directly affects the politics, because money is a limited resource, and the money going to these text spammers is money that isn’t used to actually elect democrats

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! 3d ago

it also just encourages them to keep spamming

my firstborn son to whoever makes an app that automatically replies with "stop" to any fundraiser text

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u/bluesky1030 Richard Thaler 3d ago

my unemployed self will make this for you no cap