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And it's not going away. I saw some commenters saying things along the lines of "oh, eventually they're gonna run out if they keep burning money like this". That misunderstands just how many resources the psychos control - even these insane spends represent a relatively modest investment. They own all the money, after all. The 2028 cycle is going to be a nuclear explosion of political spending.
Yea that’s why I’m kind of checked out with these candidates (even though I think it’s good they win). Up against an infinite money machine in bourgeois elections means at best they’ll have one or two terms before the pendulum swings back to the far right (aided by the republicans and the democrats)
I don't think it will go away or run out, but I think it is a sign of the fundraisers' jobs getting more challenging when they lose like this. They are weakened, but definitely not defeated (or even close to that)