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Part of the reason could be that the stakes are just much higher in a single country of the size of the US and the lobbying takes less effort. Even with the EU,
by bonoboTP 7y ago
Part of the reason could be that the stakes are just much higher in a single country of the size of the US and the lobbying takes less effort. Even with the EU, Europe is just much more fragmented and there's less chance for some business oligarch or parasite corporation to have good relations with all the different governments across all ~50 countries of Europe, each with their own slightly different systems.
- NTDF9 7y agoBut even then, you would think lobbying inside Germany would be crazy. But it isn't. Why? Because people (rich people included) see society as something to be shared. Not something to be taken from others by hook or crook. US used to be more sharing, like under FDR. But it is more and more like flawed democracies.
- bonoboTP 7y agoArguably the car industry gets away with a lot in Germany. But that lobbying isn't as open and overt as in the US for sure.