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Not possible in a country with freedom of speech protections
by derektank 10mo ago
Not possible in a country with freedom of speech protections
- embedding-shape 10mo agoMaybe not possible in the specific country you're thinking about, with their specific implementation of "freedom of speech", but it's hardly the only one, and not all of them are incompatible with outlawing lobbying (if the US one even is, I dunno).
- MadameMinty 10mo agoSimple. Don't protect it just like sharing nuclear secrets or CSAM isn't protected.
- derektank 10mo agoIf you try to ban lobbying you will incidentally criminalize basically all political speech. White papers are a form of lobbying, providing testimony is a form of lobbying, running an ad campaign is lobbying, speaking with your congressional representative is lobbying.
- MadameMinty 10mo agoIt'd simply have to be carefully drafted policy rather than an internet comment.
- nh23423fefe 10mo agoSo simple it's indescribable
- MadameMinty 10mo agoThis notion always puzzles me. It's not a complex idea. Just like, say, banning GMO bananas. But such regulation is a whole text which may need to define or refer to definitions of "GMO" and "banana", specify what's banned, exemptions, enforcement authority, penalties, and so on. Maybe 10 pages of legalese. It requires time, expertise, research. But it's still just a ban on GMO bananas. Or a programmed UI button to show a message. Simple. The specifics of the execution are a separate matter. It's not "indescribable", but no one will describe it to you ad hoc and expecting it is silly.
- nh23423fefe 10mo agoWhat's "it"? Speaking in public?
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- MadameMinty 10mo agoMaking strawmen. Your position of "policy is impossible to write" is inane.