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It has to come from politics. Capitalism unregulated will pretty much always lead to a few accumulating more and more and increasing their power.

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Indeed. Want to fix government? Run for office or work in government. Anything else is polishing brass on the Titanic. Hat tip to the USDS and 18F [1]. Hard working people making an impact. YC: Why not consider hiring lobbyists to enable existing, impactful teams more velocity? [1] https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/444159-congress-should-grow-the-digital-services-budget-which-more-than-pays-for https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/444159-congress-shoul... (Congress should grow the Digital Services budget, which more than pays for itself)
- atlasunshrugged 7y ago
  What about a solution that makes it easy for any small group to hire lobbyists? Something like Kickstarter campaigns for cause areas where you want to get something done (eg. prison reform) so you create a campaign and get people to contribute; it hits a minimum threshold and the platform hires a lobbying firm to work towards the goal. Of course, with lobbying there are no guarantees anything happens, but would be interesting (sorry this isn't very thought out, I'm just reading the threads here and this came to mind)
  - toomuchtodo 7y ago
    Stripe Atlas for Political Action Committee creation and maintenance essentially? I would throw money at that. I don't entirely agree that money is speech, but I also don't believe in bringing a knife to a gun fight. Or perhaps Upcounsel for lobbyists.
    - atlasunshrugged 7y ago
      Not exactly but pretty dang close to Stripe Atlas for PACs, but I think a big part of doing that well is having someone that has connections so there probably either has to be some marketplace of lobbyists attached or some mechanism to guide you to the right lobbyist/team to hire based on the cause area
youeseh 7y ago
> Capitalism unregulated There isn't a country on earth that allows for unregulated capitalism.
- maxxxxx 7y ago
  For good reason.
mythrwy 7y ago
What you say is true. Likewise government unrestrained appears to lead to the few accumulating more and more and increasing their power.
- maxxxxx 7y ago
  That's why we need balance.

toomuchtodo 7y ago

Indeed. Want to fix government? Run for office or work in government. Anything else is polishing brass on the Titanic. Hat tip to the USDS and 18F [1]. Hard working people making an impact. YC: Why not consider hiring lobbyists to enable existing, impactful teams more velocity? [1] https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/444159-congress-should-grow-the-digital-services-budget-which-more-than-pays-for https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/444159-congress-shoul... (Congress should grow the Digital Services budget, which more than pays for itself)

atlasunshrugged 7y ago
What about a solution that makes it easy for any small group to hire lobbyists? Something like Kickstarter campaigns for cause areas where you want to get something done (eg. prison reform) so you create a campaign and get people to contribute; it hits a minimum threshold and the platform hires a lobbying firm to work towards the goal. Of course, with lobbying there are no guarantees anything happens, but would be interesting (sorry this isn't very thought out, I'm just reading the threads here and this came to mind)
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  Stripe Atlas for Political Action Committee creation and maintenance essentially? I would throw money at that. I don't entirely agree that money is speech, but I also don't believe in bringing a knife to a gun fight. Or perhaps Upcounsel for lobbyists.
  - atlasunshrugged 7y ago
    Not exactly but pretty dang close to Stripe Atlas for PACs, but I think a big part of doing that well is having someone that has connections so there probably either has to be some marketplace of lobbyists attached or some mechanism to guide you to the right lobbyist/team to hire based on the cause area

youeseh 7y ago

> Capitalism unregulated There isn't a country on earth that allows for unregulated capitalism.

maxxxxx 7y ago
For good reason.

mythrwy 7y ago

What you say is true. Likewise government unrestrained appears to lead to the few accumulating more and more and increasing their power.

maxxxxx 7y ago
That's why we need balance.