Think of the incentive changes only now working themselves out in Congress, simply because of the leveling of information made possible by a chain of technical advances - instant payment processing, open-source access to email inboxes, reflexive use of those inboxes through over reliance by white collar work, the collapse of distribution models for local media - and the consequences for our politics up to and through the present day. ### Regulation Think of political parties and McCain-Feingold: elites knew the second order consequences were coming when the law passed; and that was right before [[Online fundraising]] became mainstream. Only now, for those of us who judge the years by cycles, are recalibrations taking place at the technical level which correct for the second and third order consequences wrought when restrictions on political donations and mandates for disclosure met the internet: ISP's clamping down on open-access to inboxes through improved SPAM filtering and the nationalization of almost all media mean a star turn on a cable news debate stage can be worth millions overnight; but a worthy primary challenger to the House seat which may decide control of the next Congress struggles for months to find $250,000. (To watch: the aggregated personal wealth of the incoming Congress; the sheer number of self-funders) To look at ad budgets and campaign organizations; we're still fighting over three channels and the morning newspaper in a SPAM filter world. And that isn't to say it's stupid or we're just fighting the last war.  Now is there a single GOP state party that is truly relevant to the electoral outcomes of its federal delegation? Its Governorship? If you know of one, [drop us a line](bullhorncomms.com) ## De-Institutionalized Voters Drift Rightward More from Vox [Here](https://www.vox.com/politics/351563/one-explanation-for-the-2024-elections-biggest-mystery) ![[Screenshot 2024-05-29 at 8.21.08 AM.png]]