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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @04:44PM (#21819224)
Lobbying in the US is a kind of corruption, but I don't think there's any way to lobby to have someone arrested, unless that's in slow motion, where you'd pay lobbyists to press for a law that could be used to arrest your opponent.
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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by lidHanteyk on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:38PM (#21820263)
Lucky 10000: Lobbying in the USA is constitutionally-protected free speech. [0] It sure does feel corrupt, doesn't it? But it's part of the right to demand that the government listen to and consider our grievances. You can try lobbying today: Pick something that you care about, and write a letter about it to somebody in the government who represents you.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by orf on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:49PM (#21820340)
“Dear constituent, after reading your carefully written letter and thinking long and hard about the merits of each position of this tricky issue I have decided to side with the people who donated the most to my re-election campaign. Thank you for writing to me, your voice has been heard”
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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by ethbro on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:54PM (#21820377)
Heard != acted on.

... But it also doesn't equal null.

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