plandis
Joined 10 years ago
Joined 10 years ago
It gives the appearance that Meta is not an impartial platform like they try to claim for regulatory purposes.
If I want to influence policy I need to get a lot of like minded people via grassroots means to have enough say to get my direct elected representatives to consider a policy. If the billionaire class wants to influence policy they will talk about it with elected officials over golf.
Worst case scenario the wealthy can spend money to gain foreign citizenship and move. Your average citizen is mostly stuck with whatever government and laws exist in their current country.
This is the default in Californias constitution:
> Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subdivision [Article 4, section 8], a statute enacted at a regular session shall go into effect on January 1 next following a 90-day period from the date of enactment of the statute.
There are additional legislative hurdles to enact legislation faster than that.