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Politicians For Sale... On Amazon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the own-them-all dept.

aldheorte writes "In either a brilliant move or a sick commentary on politics (or both), Amazon is now selling U.S. Presidential candidates, or at least contributions to such."

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  1. Contibutions by BWJones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    aldheorte writes "In either a brilliant move or a sick commentary on politics (or both), Amazon is now selling U.S. Presidential candidates, or at least contributions to such."

    Well, I suppose if you were completely cynical this is how one might view this, but to me, this is a great way to make political contributions, because this is about making contributions to your politician of choice.

    However, I would prefer to see an Internet based voting system that gets rid of the electoral college system....

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  2. Re:Here's Who's Ahead by mandalayx · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Libertarian guy is currently leading, which is interesting.

    Nolan

  3. Donations from outside United-States? by starm_ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder if they accept donations from people outside of the United-States. I know a lot of people that think the current administration is a menace to the world and I think some of them would even be willing to pay to help its competitors.
    It would be an interesting phenomenon if it ever happens.

  4. Re:If They're Going to Sell Them on Amazon, by blamanj · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know you meant that as a joke, but there's certainly nothing (technically) stopping them from using that information.

    Also, they can certainly sell it in aggregate (e.g., Democrats buy Wusthof knives, Republicans buy Henkels) without violating their privacy policies, since no individual data is released about you.

    I personally am not thrilled about this kind of data collection.

  5. Gave $5 to Clark. by Axe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just want to see what happens: how many solicitation for donations I will receive. That will test how much do they sell my personal information.

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