(Example is based on US politics, but could apply to any equally corrupt government) In this day and age, it’s clear that rampant corruption is abound with mega corporations buying up politicians with relative pennies they found under their couches.

When words and calls to action fail. Why are there no crowdfunded grassroots movements that actively try to play the same bribery game. If anything, to finally shine a light on how broken the system is.

If the dollar has a voice, why not let the people’s dollars speak?

Of course, this is clearly a terrible idea long term for any system to work like this, plus a bit of a race to the bottom.

The question is more along the line of: Has anyone actually tried this? If so, why/why not?

Be civil please.

  • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    441·
    19 hours ago
    1. You can already do this. There are tons of nonprofits that lobby the government for x, y, and z.
    2. But these non-profits don’t tend to engage in much explicit bribery, because the people working at these organizations and who donate to these organizations think outright bribery is wrong.
    3. Finally, if you started a gofundme to bribe a politician, they would 1,000,000% not take your money. When you bribe someone, discretion is part of the deal, and with a public gofundme, you’ve already broken that discretion.
    • glimse@lemmy.world
      14·
      18 hours ago
      1. You’d be a total moron to donate to some random person who claims they’ll use the money to bribe politicians
        • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Just market it to Trump supporters. Say your raising money for the wall. Use the first round to buy some land near the border. Next round use it for the construction of your new house and rug pull the website. The only thing more unethical is for that money to fund a MAGA true believer.