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Jason Devlin
@jason
What do you think about this product: A fork of polymarket that lets people create things they want to happen in government, and let people donate to the cause. Examples being: reduce gov spending by 2%, or pardon this person. Have an expiration where if this isn’t accomplished, the funds are returned. Use the oracle to determine if gov does the thing, in which case the treasury of the nation is given then funds. I see this as “lobbying for the people”
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@vor0220
Problem with this is is that it’s effectively a bribing platform because there’s an inherent quid pro quo. Normally lobbying is hidden behind “I’m donating to you because my donation is speech” but there isn’t a donation on behalf of legislation being passed because then that would amount to a bribe.
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@vor0220
Now we all know it’s a bribe and it’s effectively a bribe when lobbyists do it. But the mechanisms and technicalities make it so that it is not a bribe.
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