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The measure, called Question 3, prompted heated debate in the months leading up to the election. Central Maine Power and Versant Power, the state’s dominant utilities, poured more than $40 million into a campaign opposing the referendum, outspending Pine Tree Power advocates 34 to 1. Political groups funded by the utilities and their parent companies mailed flyers and aired ads on TV, radio, and social media, urging Mainers to reject the measure, which would have effectively put the two companies out of business.

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[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 50 points 11 months ago

The state’s dominant utilities poured more than 40 million into a campaign opposing the referendum

I think this was probably the reason

[-] RedundantClam@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago

freedom-and-democracy World's greatest democracy btw

[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

Hmm I wonder

Do proponents of a hellfire of propaganda convincing the average American (who is quite uneducated) to behave in a certain way argue “that was their choice” or something

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

People are completely hostile to the idea that their opinion could ever be swayed or manipulated. They alone are the Logical Free Thinker™️ Completely immune to propaganda and manipulation. They voted against their own self-interest because they just felt like it, completely freely of their own volition.

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

We're losing the propaganda war and need to figure out how to turn it around. Especially when we don't have $40 million to toss at TV ads to scare boomers

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