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> Corporations literally buy laws via lobbyists. Both elected and unelected officials are so corrupted that they take money from the corporations to choke the
by Dazdraperma 5y ago
> Corporations literally buy laws via lobbyists.
Both elected and unelected officials are so corrupted that they take money from the corporations to choke the competition on the free market. To fix this issue, let's give them even more power. That will show them and they'll stop being corrupted.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoWhy not outlaw professional lobbyists and private funding of politicians' campaigns? Once all bribery is illegal it could be easier to enforce consistently.
- missedthecue 5y agoCan you name a country where lobbying is illegal? It's a core function of democracy.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago> It's a core function of democracy. Lobbying is not democratic. Corporations have far more money than individuals and therefore far bigger lobbying power. As a result, laws and policies will reflect what the small elite wants rather than what the people want or need. Because of lobbying, the copyright monopolists have systematically robbed of our public domain rights. Because of lobbying, we might as well not have the right to reverse engineer anything. Lobbying is literally billion dollar industries asking the government to help protect their interests. Hard to think of anything less democratic than that.