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By: David Weinberger

David Weinberger — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:09:04 +0000

Jonah, it clarifies, and I appreciate both the role of money and your thoughts about how the Net can help finance campaigns that otherwise wouldn’t get off the ground.

But I also think you miss my point. I agree that Dean proved that the Net is a good way to raise money. But I believe that the Net is having other effects on politics as well.

By: Jonah Seiger

Jonah Seiger — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:57:28 +0000

Never lose hope my friend. Your question pressing us to come up with a sentence about the impact of the Internet on politics without using the word “money” was excellent. I think you missed the point of my answer, though.

I said “no” because, at least in the world I live in, money makes everything possible. Good ideas and a compelling narative are essential as well, of course. But without financial resources its very difficult (if not impossible) to sustain a movement of any sort.

The Internet creats new opportunities to do more with less, and as evidenced by countless examples (the work I did at CDT in the early 90’s, moveon.org, and Dean 2003) does indeed create opportunities for boot-strapped efforts to break out into the mainstream. But in the end, if you can’t raise money to sustain an effort, you can’t have a lasting impact.

Hope that clarifies.