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Replace lobbying with talking, its synonym, and the above sentences remain true while being a little clearer.
by whatshisface 4y ago
Replace lobbying with talking, its synonym, and the above sentences remain true while being a little clearer.
- pphysch 4y agoTalk is cheap. The difficult part is getting people to listen. Lobbying is how you get officials to listen and thereby influence their policy in your favor.
- notch656a 4y agoYes you see... you don't pay the official. You pay his good friend, who talks to the official. The good friend benefits handsomely from the wage you pay to talk. Of course the fact that the good friend is the interface to the official, and that you need money to pay the good friend, that the official himself benefits handsomely in social capital from his good friends being paid this way, and that without the good friend talking you are utterly fucked : well that's all totally not bribery. Basically Pachinko but for bribery.
- CPLX 4y agoIt’s not rocket science you give their kids jobs.
- vkou 4y agoJust one more small logical step, and you'll get to the point where you'll identify the principal problem with paid speech.
- fluoridation 4y agoAre you saying that not all lobbying is corrupt, or that no lobbying is corrupt?