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Too bad most of the world doesn't realize you can't solve national problems at a local level

• bamboozled 7y ago
  There you go again, it’s someone else’s problem right ? For example, what if some of the money used by Google et al, went to lobbying the government to change its stance on healthcare ?
  • drstewart 7y ago
    Probably the same reason Volkswagen doesn't spend its billions lobbying the German government to change its stance on refugees?
    • Apocryphon 7y ago
      VW does a huge amount of lobbying: https://lobbyfacts.eu/articles/29-10-2015/volkswagen-top-10-list-biggest-companies-lobbying-eu https://lobbyfacts.eu/articles/29-10-2015/volkswagen-top-10-... https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2019/03/12/volkswagen-adds-a-lobbying-firm-408026 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2019...
      • drstewart 7y ago
        I'm going to guess they lobby for their benefit, not to solve social ills.
        • Apocryphon 7y ago
          https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/sustainability/refugee-aid.html https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/sustainability/refugee-aid.h...