The right relies on mega-donors who can and will write checks for millions. To help steal or kill this Democracy.

[usaf-vet]

We are in a Quandary, a Catch-22; on average, I receive 12-14 requests for donations to fight a worthy cause daily.

From February 4th through today, February 22, I have received 182 requests for worthy causes; even at a minimum donation of $5.00, that would be $910.00 in less than a month. Seriously, who can afford that while living in retirement?

Anyone who doubts these figures should send me their email addresses, and I will forward all 182 to you and new ones each day.

We have stopped donating money through aggregators, as they sell their contact lists. And yes, I know our political candidates sell their lists, too.

Our solution was for the candidates and causes we wanted to support. We went to our bank and set up a Political Donation checking account with only the minimum information on the check—no name, address, or personal info. And for the signature, even my mother wouldn't know it was me. It's a scribble at best.

Yes, it takes a little more work to find each candidate's or cause's USPS address, but it is worth the effort. It allows us to send more dollars to those on the USPS mailing list without fearing an additional onslaught in our daily emails.

[samsingh]

1. the rich on the left do not seem to want to invest their money in Democracy.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

2. Democracy is the desired ROI, not an investment.

The inputs that create democracy are things like education, health, and related things which are more popular with donors than down-list issues. The strongest forms of democracy emerge with those types of investments.

Like for instance, it's better to have well-informed voters with too few polling stations than ignorant voters with lots. Inputs like that have a snowball effect for the good, while others have diminishing benefit. Donors know that, so down-list issues can feel neglected sometimes, but they're not. The strength of the entire ecosystem benefits them.

[samsingh]

3. you need to have newspapers and media that are truthful

[AmericaUnderSiege]

4. Where do truthful media come from though?

Healthy bullshit detectors in random citizens are usually worth more to democracy than superhero journalism. Only a handful of people are capable of the latter, and they only have so much time to spend while liars can make up anything in an instant.