>Is the ACLU corrupting Congress through its lobbying? Yes. Just because what something has as a goal may seem like a net positive doesn't mean the means it us

>Is the ACLU corrupting Congress through its lobbying? Yes. Just because what something has as a goal may seem like a net positive doesn't mean the means it uses to get to that goal are. The ACLU, like any lobbying, is using financial resources to influence democratic government policy disproportionately based on the financial resources it can acquire. The ACLU shouldn't need to exist but it's an interesting example to bring up. Lobbying (part of the process of transferring wealth into power by influencing or creating policy that creates more or solidifies that wealth) shouldn't be permitted to exist. However in competitive environments, ultimately, ethics go out the window. If you're constrained by ethics and your opponent isn't, you're working at a disadvantage in most environments. Rules have to exist to enforce those ethics in such environment and prevent such necessary compromises from being on the table. If we didn't have groups lobbying against individual rights and liberties we shouldn't need groups lobbying to protect individuals rights and liberty. Both, IMHO, are signs of an unhealthy democracy. Let's eliminate lobbying.