When political parties compete by offering voters money, voters pick the biggest payout. This vote-buying erodes governance and creates chronic instability that eventually destroys the state's ability to function.
This is the problem that was foreseen many years ago. When people know that there are two parties and one will give them more money than the other, most people will vote for the party that gives them more money or more benefits, which is the same thing. And that is the, that is the immediate, or no, the long-term damage A country cannot survive that. Where parties compete on how much money they can give to the voter who votes for them, you have essentially ended the ability to have a country survive. So what, what happens? Chaos.
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