Activists
We have to organize—donors, grassroots organizations, and party activists together—to make dark corporate money so toxic in our primaries and our politics that no candidate dares touch it. When secretive corporate cash can drown out the voices of working people, we lose any claim to one person, one vote and slide toward a system where power flows to whoever can spend the most in the shadows. If we want a truly democratic society, we must treat dark money as a political liability, demand transparency from every campaign, and reward candidates who rely on people-powered small donations instead of billionaire-backed super PACs. By setting this standard inside our own primaries, we show that democracy means one voice, not one dollar, equals one vote—and we make it clear that any campaign funded in secret has something to hide from the people it claims to represent.