if one were to consider lobbying as a form of corruption then it's a much closer comparisson. but of course, "lobbying" is not corruption because it's lobbying

if one were to consider lobbying as a form of corruption then it's a much closer comparisson. but of course, "lobbying" is not corruption because it's lobbying. (then again lobbying does end up undermining the will of the public individual in favor of the will of the public corporation... so much for "the people" unless the people are businesses and companies)