Comment by user34283
> financial privacy is an important part of having a functioning democracy
No, I don't think it is. Perhaps privacy for speech and voting are.
> financial privacy is an important part of having a functioning democracy
No, I don't think it is. Perhaps privacy for speech and voting are.
How is privacy for voting different than privacy for funding the candidate?
One man one vote is a little different from one dollar one word, or one dollar one vote.
In most civilized countries you have privacy in the voting booth (because without it, buying votes becomes trivial), but no privacy in financing campaigns.
Some of those countries even have rules about when campaigns can and cannot run, because there are benefits to living in a society that's not actively bombarded by polarizing political screeching 24/7. It does some to cut down the influence of dollars in politics.
I guess it makes people in the advertising business, and people looking to buy political influence very unhappy.
>> financial privacy is an important part of having a functioning democracy
>No, I don't think it is. Perhaps privacy for speech and voting are.
Cash works for financial privacy, and functioning democracies.
Heinous speech is allowed in the USA but is totally illegal in Canada.
I live in Canada. Anonymous heinous speech? No thank you. Go away.