> Lobbying and campaign finance are not corruption I pay a politician money, and he does what I want. That is the very definition of bribery and corruption. J

> Lobbying and campaign finance are not corruption I pay a politician money, and he does what I want. That is the very definition of bribery and corruption. Just because the people that stand to gain the most from it decided to make it "legal", that doesn't change what it actually is. Call it "legal corruption" if you like. > Capital being the true democratic mean in the world's most capitalistic country is not surprising or incorrect. Of course, there is only one democracy on the planet where that's true. How does that country stack up against all the other OECD countries in terms of quality of life for the average Joe citizen?