In practice, small interest groups mobilize much more quickly and effectively than larger groups. Imagine there's a that would weakly benefit 95% of society, b

In practice, small interest groups mobilize much more quickly and effectively than larger groups. Imagine there's a that would weakly benefit 95% of society, but negatively impact 5%, but the net tradeoff is positive. It's already somewhat difficult to pass these sorts of agreements, because if that 5% is an organized interest group with broad public sympathy, they will blast the media with negative media coverage. Now imagine that a negative provision for that group was being considered while the agreement hadn't even been finalized. Then everyone only sees the downside for that group, without seeing that the final agreement is generally positive. Public negotiations will effectively magnify the veto power of small interest groups, making agreements much more difficult to pass. Note that this also applies to laws in general, since they're often a negotiating between parties or within parties. Do you think it would be beneficial if every private communication between legislators was made public?