Facebook wants to poke politicians 'who share our goals'

"Political Action Committees are a peculiarity of the US political system..."

Not at all...

Every government is targeted by various "outside committees" of one kind or another.

It just depends on where you draw the line between "Political Action Committee" and "Corrupt Organisation with Improper Government Influence."

For the US, PACs are both a blessing and a curse:

-- -- They're a blessing because they allow companies to engage in legislative dialogue in an effort to protect themselves from job-killing over-regulation and government red tape.

-- -- They're a curse because they allow companies to engage in legislative dialogue in an effort to free themselves from appropriate regulation and proper oversight.

As an American

I find Political Action Committee's nausiating. For example, the PAC run by the financial industry either heavily influenced or supplied verbage to a lot of legislation that our moron government has passed into law.

The fact that FaceBook wants to Borg us into their way of thinking makes me want to drop off the grid entirely, although, my wife, being a rather ardent FB user, may have a slight problem with that.

I could rant on and on about the evils of PAC's, but I'll stop there.

"politicians 'who share our goals'"

What an utterly fucking ugly and grotesque concept.

I think I've threw up in my mouthparts a little.