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You're going to entrust making the world a better place to... the US government?
by boringuser2 3y ago
You're going to entrust making the world a better place to... the US government?
- stevage 3y agoSure. Much better than to VC backed startups anyway.
- boringuser2 3y agoWe're going to have to agree to disagree. The US has done terrible things in the too-recent future in the explicit name of making the world a better place. At least, that rationale triggers my gag reflex.
- Aeolun 3y agoIsn’t a lot of what the US government does decided by capital anyway?
- boringuser2 3y agoKind of. There is a lot of money in lobbying for certain things. Companies generally don't want political outcomes per se via lobbying outside of their own niche interests. Much more impactful are dedicated lobby groups. For exmaple, there's a particular country that I'm not allowed to mention here under duress of being banned that has a lot of moneyed lobbying.
- Solvency 3y agoLike when the sugar industry lobbied and the US government told everyone fat is bad for 50 years?
- ruszki 3y agoDid the government say that sugar is good?