Commentary by Roger Erickson
"The only way to influence the direction of government is to inject money into politics. Putting out information is not enough." Steve Hanson
That adage has been a truism for decades. Yet, like all methods, it will keep working ... until it doesn't.
Do you think the methodology of money & currency in politics will scale?
Politics is about distributing and receiving both influence and feedback ...
which eventually boils down to coordination & return-on-coordination.
Currency won't last as the best method for doing that.
Money and currency are just one form of information.
As many have noted, to be "free," you either have to be wealthy, or reduce your needs to zero. What is it you wish to be free to do?
The people with nothing to lose make their power felt periodically.
No telling what they'll think up next.
