Bernie’s Army of Coders
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Bernie’s Army of Coders
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Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#2Interesting! This part got me thinking though:
>And last summer a map compiling all the Sanders campaign happenings across the country, built by volunteer Rapi Castillo, a Philippine immigrant living in Queens who isn’t an American citizen and can’t vote this November, became the official “eventslink on Sanders’ website.
So a foreigner is effectively giving an in-kind campaign contribution to a candidate? How come people (and the law) lash back at monetary contributions but not this kind?
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#3Interesting! This part got me thinking though: >And last summer a map compiling all the Sanders campaign happenings across the country, built by volunteer Rapi Castillo, a Philippine immigrant living in Queens who isn’t an American citizen and can’t vote this November, became the official “eventslink on Sanders’ website. So a foreigner is effectively giving an in-kind campaign contribution to a candidate? How come pe…
If the data is openly available I'm not sure how anybody could stop a foreigner from building whatever they wanted on top of it. You could question the decision to link to it in an official manner, but by that point it just becomes a freedom of speech issue, doesn't it?
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#4Before we start admiring things, let's see what happens on Super Tuesday (12 days away).
Nothing of what Sanders is doing is going to survive past a left primary. Absolutely nothing he is promising can be done without Congress.
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reply to below since I can only answer two replies on HN anymore before being blocked:
Wrong comparison.
That's like wanting to be manager when you have only worked at a company for a couple years.
Come on now.
If Sanders ideas can work so well, why don't all these eager people first implement them at a local level where they have more immediate power? Nope, they want to go directly to the executive because it is a figurehead.
Sanders comes from a 96% WHITE state - they are ridiculously homogeneous and are nothing like the rest of the United States. Only Maine is whiter. Why is his state like that in the 21st century? Why does everyone else feel unwelcome to live there?
Sanders will never attract the 3-4% of undecided voters and we will end up with Trump picking the next few supreme court judges.
Why are you okay with losing the presidency for the next eight years based on theoretical ideas that are not proven to work anywhere and won't get voted for by the masses?
Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#5Interesting! This part got me thinking though: >And last summer a map compiling all the Sanders campaign happenings across the country, built by volunteer Rapi Castillo, a Philippine immigrant living in Queens who isn’t an American citizen and can’t vote this November, became the official “eventslink on Sanders’ website. So a foreigner is effectively giving an in-kind campaign contribution to a candidate? How come pe…
I'm not sure how you would enforce that, It boils down to free speech really.
Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#6Before we start admiring things, let's see what happens on Super Tuesday (12 days away). Nothing of what Sanders is doing is going to survive past a left primary. Absolutely nothing he is promising can be done without Congress. ------------ reply to below since I can only answer two replies on HN anymore before being blocked: Wrong comparison. That's like wanting to be manager when you have only worked at a company f…
"I really want a raise at work, but that can't be done without my boss. So I'm just not even going to try"
Sounds kind of ridiculous, right?
Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#7Their site, not linked off in the article: https://coders.forsanders.com/
Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#8Before we start admiring things, let's see what happens on Super Tuesday (12 days away). Nothing of what Sanders is doing is going to survive past a left primary. Absolutely nothing he is promising can be done without Congress. ------------ reply to below since I can only answer two replies on HN anymore before being blocked: Wrong comparison. That's like wanting to be manager when you have only worked at a company f…
Ideas are powerful. What Sanders' rise (and to some extent, Trump's) symbolize political system whose representatives that are woefully out of touch with its constituents. I think congress and the Senate is next, we are going to see a huge shake up in each party from the top down. Don't be surprised if we start seeing more Sanders-like-citizens running for Congress. We live in interesting times.
Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#9Interesting! This part got me thinking though: >And last summer a map compiling all the Sanders campaign happenings across the country, built by volunteer Rapi Castillo, a Philippine immigrant living in Queens who isn’t an American citizen and can’t vote this November, became the official “eventslink on Sanders’ website. So a foreigner is effectively giving an in-kind campaign contribution to a candidate? How come pe…
I'm not sure how you would enforce that, It boils down to free speech really.
And this is why ultimately I agree with the decision in Citizens United.
If my bill rate is $200 an hour, then it's possible to put a financial amount on any activity I do in support of a candidate. If they did that, then we would just get the usual brinksmanship (assuming a cap), and I might be "too wealthy" to contribute time to the candidate I support.
Contrarily, if I'm just as passionate about a candidate, and have more money than programming skills, I'm happy to contribute that instead.
It was a long road for me before I accepted the argument that money equals speech, but if actions are, then it isn't a big jump for me to suggest that the payment for my actions ought to be as well, and if I made a short film in support of a candidate, I can't see any way possible of doing that for free.
Re: Bernie’s Army of Coders
#10Before we start admiring things, let's see what happens on Super Tuesday (12 days away). Nothing of what Sanders is doing is going to survive past a left primary. Absolutely nothing he is promising can be done without Congress. ------------ reply to below since I can only answer two replies on HN anymore before being blocked: Wrong comparison. That's like wanting to be manager when you have only worked at a company f…
We can't have articles about his campaign because he might not win? Regardless of who wins, these tech volunteers campaigned for him in innovative ways and that is worthy of reporting