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> It reveals the UAE’s bid, spanning multiple U.S. administrations, to exploit the vulnerabilities in American governance, including its reliance on campaign co

> It reveals the UAE’s bid, spanning multiple U.S. administrations, to exploit the vulnerabilities in American governance, including its reliance on campaign contributions, susceptibility to powerful lobbying firms and lax enforcement of disclosure laws intended to guard against interference by foreign governments What can you say? A political system dominated by electioneering, where democratic success is determined by campaign financing, is guaranteed to attract this type of behaviour. Can't really even blame the UAE for doing this, no doubt everyone else with the resources is doing likewise. Got a problem with these outcomes? Plug the holes in the governance, reform the political system.

goodSteveramos 4y ago
How? Soon some of their billionaires will figure out they can buy their way to becoming US citizens with HB-5 investor visas. Then their interference on behalf of the UAE becomes just another part of “our hallowed democracy”
- landemva 4y ago
  > How? A simple first move would be to repeal the 1929 law that capped growth of House of Representatives. Let it grow according to census, as was wrote in Constitution. This would make each Rep less influential and more of them would be difficult for lobbyists to control. It would be easier for average Jane to get elected and then leave without making a lifetime of groveling for lobbyist donations. https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929 https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/Th...