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Lobbying is literally half of what representative democracy is. First, you elect representatives to office. Then, you try to get them to do what you want. The l
by pgwhalen 8mo ago
Lobbying is literally half of what representative democracy is. First, you elect representatives to office. Then, you try to get them to do what you want. The latter is lobbying.
Of course, when money becomes a significant portion of how the second one happens, things can get complicated.
- cwmoore 8mo agoI’m not so sure. First the representatives are selected to be elected. A significant portion of both of your suggested halves are “complicated” by money.
- pgwhalen 8mo agoYou could break it down further if you like, yes. Everything is complicated by money. I wish we were better about shielding politics from money. So much about society in general is about money, it ain’t easy.
- cwmoore 8mo agoNo, not “if I like”, everything touches money, and “it ain’t easy”. Your breakdown was so simple, it was simply wrong.
- varispeed 8mo agoIt's not democracy if one with the most money gets their way.
- Ajedi32 8mo agoWell, money makes it a lot easier to get a message out to voters, and in a democracy voters are the ones ultimately in charge. So in a democratic society where free speech exists there's only so much you can do to prevent that.
- charlieyu1 8mo agoEventually it is the fault of voters to keep voting for the same people.
- 127 8mo agoIt's not democracy when it's not the votes that determine what government does, but money.