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The problem isn't with the corporations, the problem (if it exists at all!) may be with the legislation. Complain about the law. E: CogitoCogito is absolutely
by FDSGSG 7y ago
The problem isn't with the corporations, the problem (if it exists at all!) may be with the legislation.
Complain about the law.
E: CogitoCogito is absolutely right, there are companies spending lots of money around the world to push these regulations. I just seriously doubt that Activision Blizzard is one of these.
- jayd16 7y agoIt's helpful to have real world examples for context.
- FDSGSG 7y agoOh, absolutely. But then the headline would be "$country missed out on $amount in taxes because of lacking regulations" or something similar.
- deogeo 7y agoWho do you think lobbies for such laws?
- lukevdp 7y agoPoliticians don’t have to listen to lobbyists. The blame lies with politicians.
- Retric 7y agoEveryone talking to a politician about an issue is a lobbyist, that’s what lobbing means. It’s easy to think only those people you disagree with are lobbyists, but even just sending a letter to your congressional representative is lobbying. And there are paid lobbyists on both sides of almost every issue.
- anm89 7y agoThis is at best half true. There are professional lobbying organizations that have vastly more resources and know how than individuals. And when people complain about lobbyists everyone knows that a this is what is being referenced.
- Retric 7y agoThe well connected, paid, lobbyists, who need to register, are only the tip of the iceberg. So called grass roots lobbying generally involves well funded groups organizing or convincing individuals to do the talking. Pretending that’s somehow different from paid lobbyists is missing how politics works. Companies and Unions for example are often at odds on specific issues, but they both get sincere individuals to be doing some of the communication.
- headsoup 7y agoI only assume the poster above is really referring to corruption, where companies with vested interests are not just 'lobbying' for their outcome, but buying them outright... Otherwise there is (or at least should be) no difference.
- mycall 7y ago> Politician's lies are to blame. FTFY But with the high cost of being elected, of course politicans follow the money and the corruption that goes with it.
- j88439h84 7y agoWhat happens to politicians who don't listen to lobbyists? Do they win reelection?
- CogitoCogito 7y ago> The problem isn't with the corporations, the problem (if it exists at all!) may be with the legislation. > Complain about the law. Do you not suppose that these large corporations with so much money at stake do not in fact use their resources to ensure that laws take their current form? Do believe they are somehow innocent actors in this drama?
- FDSGSG 7y agoI'm absolutely sure Activision Blizzard (a relatively small company) had no significant impact on how these laws were written.
- CogitoCogito 7y agoIn fairness the quote I responded to was this: > The problem isn't with the corporations... Are you saying that _none_ of the corporations with large money at stake are taking the financially rational approach of influencing the current state of the laws to have these "loopholes" or are you just saying that Activision Blizzard hasn't done so. If you're saying the latter, maybe you should edit the post I responded to to make that clear. Edit: Small edits fixing terrible writing.
- Scoundreller 7y agoI doubt they dreamed up these schemes themselves. Rather they hired some big accountancy firm that does have impacts on how laws are written to do this work.
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- plufz 7y agoWhy can’t we complain about both the laws and the companies? I will complain when companies make low quality products, treat their staff badly or whatever. If our only requirement on companies is to follow the law I think we are setting the bar extremely low.