Ken Martin, the chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, said that as DNC chair, he would ensure the party does not accept contributions from billionaires that Biden was referencing while not swearing off wealthy donors entirely.
“Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of good billionaires out there that have been with Democrats, who share our values, and we will take their money,” Martin said. “But we’re not taking money from the bad billionaires.”
Nordic Dem here. I’m not opposed. Until you’re in a position to actually change the rules of the game it would be dreadfully fucking stupid to limit your supply for the war effort hinged on an overgeneralization when there are billionaires who seek to change the system for the better.
Does anyone truly believe Dems can win without big money of their own in the face of players like Musk dumping $70 million into PA on a whim? Fuck no.
If you disagree then you better have a very fucking solid, tangible plan to take make media and advertising without $, post-citizens united no less.
Sanders ran on a zero corporate donations campaign and got out tons of advertising just fine. Idk why y’all like to pretend that didn’t happen so that we can justify having politicians that owe the elite favours. Like I can’t even fathom why you would try and look for reasons as to why that’s a good thing.
…and he lost.
He didn’t lose for lack of advertising. Biden outfunded trump and he lost. What’s your point exactly here within the context of what we’re talking about? You seem to think that funding inherently wins elections and you cannot have advertising unless billionaires help you. This is patently and demonstrably not true and is disingenuous to imply here.