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  • Hugo Millsdarkling@mstdn.social
    Nov 4, 2026, 4:14 PM

    @cstross One of the other students on my masters course had previously worked for a a well-known brewery in Burton on Trent. He said that their management definitely couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery, because he'd seen them try.

    I am off to get some potato sacks and a hose to see if I can find someone who couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.

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  • Axomamma, Antifa from birthAxomamma@mastodon.online
    Nov 4, 2026, 6:04 PM

    @cstross Someone else pointed out that Musk's half billion is the equivalent to $116 out of the pocket of an average person. While it couldn't buy this election, we are not safe when all he and his friends spend even more.

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  • Demalliendemallien@mindly.social
    Nov 4, 2026, 8:17 PM

    @Axomamma @cstross I think the point though is that this experiment has identified the upper bounds of what unlimited money can buy in an election. Sure, billionaires could spend even more, but it would be unwise to do so because it won’t meaningfully move the result further.

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