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That's a weird thing to say considering how lobbying is justified: As the free expression of speech by companies towards their elected representatives. So is li
by AlexandrB 5y ago
That's a weird thing to say considering how lobbying is justified: As the free expression of speech by companies towards their elected representatives. So is limiting corporate speech necessary for a free market? Most free-market backers I've heard would say otherwise.
- nybble41 5y agoLobbying consists of influencing either elected officials or bureaucrats to take actions on the lobbyists' behalf which no actor in a free market would be permitted to take. What needs to be limited here is not corporate speech but rather government power.