[ Mark shakes his head to himself. What's with these people, anyway? He understands Barrayarans being squeamish about the prospect of buying votes, sure - they have a bunch of ridiculous ideas about honor and fealty and your word being your bond tied up in notions of power. But Americans are basically all buying votes anyways. They do it a little more indirectly than it's done back on Jackson's Whole, sure, but that's just because the laws dictate that it can't be done directly. And it's not like he wouldn't be smart enough not to get caught... ]
Fine. Then I can finance you if you want to buy...television ads or whatever it is you use money for. Honestly, buying votes works out to being much more cost-effective, in the end. And when you pay for ads, the only people who benefit are television stations and newspapers. When you buy votes, the voters benefit.
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Date: 2016-10-04 11:17 am (UTC)Fine. Then I can finance you if you want to buy...television ads or whatever it is you use money for. Honestly, buying votes works out to being much more cost-effective, in the end. And when you pay for ads, the only people who benefit are television stations and newspapers. When you buy votes, the voters benefit.