:::::So we're back to the question of "getting money out of politics" like [[McCain-Feingold]] tried. Reducing the influence of big money [[lobbyist]]s and donors and "[[dark money]]". [[Vladimir Putin]] figured out how to do it. The repressive "democratic" regime of [[Germany]] (and the [[EU]] as a whole) has also figured out how to keep [[populist]] reformers like the [[AfD]] out of politics. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:12, September 9, 2026 (EDT) | :::::So we're back to the question of "getting money out of politics" like [[McCain-Feingold]] tried. Reducing the influence of big money [[lobbyist]]s and donors and "[[dark money]]". [[Vladimir Putin]] figured out how to do it. The repressive "democratic" regime of [[Germany]] (and the [[EU]] as a whole) has also figured out how to keep [[populist]] reformers like the [[AfD]] out of politics. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 02:12, September 9, 2026 (EDT) |