• xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Mods should be paid through official channels, for the same reason legislators should be (and are) paid. It’s a lot easier to bribe someone who’s desperate.

    That applies to Lemmy, too, although I don’t really know who’d pay them.

    Honestly UBI would fix so much.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Legislators get paid really well but they still take “lobbying expenses” and “donations” in exchange for votes and bills. Getting rid of Citizens United and setting up a proper nonpartisan anti corruption enforcement agency is still absolutely necessary to prevent this from happening.