@chrisstoecker@mastodon.social
2026-11-01 22:15 UTC
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@koinonikos@mastodon.social 2026-11-01 22:22
@chrisstoecker@mastodon.social nothing new: https://thebestdemocracymoneycanbuy.com/
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@matzeschmidt@mastodon.social 2026-11-01 22:29
@chrisstoecker@mastodon.social German Capitalists
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@photoncollector@mastodon.social 2026-11-01 22:38
@chrisstoecker@mastodon.social There's nothing in their shitty Constitution or their general corpus of law which discourages it.
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@martinlorcher@mastodon.green 2026-11-02 04:36
@chrisstoecker@mastodon.social Natürlich finanzieren auch in Deutschland Unternehmen ihnen genehme Parteien. Aber in Deutschland hat die #Parteienfinanzierung zum Glück auch andere Säulen. Und man kann als Deutscher ahnen, wie verzweifelt die Lage von politischen Bewegungen sein muss, wenn die Politik fast ausschließlich am Tropf von Unternehmen hängt, besonders von solchen, die Korruption zu verschleiern haben.
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@everton137@social.vivaldi.net 2026-11-02 06:44
@chrisstoecker@mastodon.social That's true. But how transparent is political financing in Germany? Do we really know which wealthy individuals are financing the AfD and how much influence they have? And what about foreign tech billionaires using their platforms and algorithms to influence German democracy, amplify disinformation, hate speech and polarization? Big Tech's enormous financial resources give it the power to shape public opinion. Much of that wealth has been accumulated by monetizing our data, attention and growing dependence on their platforms, by the way. And it seems clear to me that Europe's current regulations are insufficient to address this form of foreign influence.