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Re:Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism by aww_dang on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:17AM (#29876102)
The incentive for lobbying would remain and turn more deeply to black markets. To end lobbying you'd need to remove the incentive for lobbyists to seduce lawmakers.

Instead, remove the power of lawmakers or reduce/decentralize the power as much as pragmatically possible.

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Re:Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism by justinmchase on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:21AM (#29876169)
In Plato's ideal republic the lawmakers, or protectors, were instead removed from society living in a parallel society dedicated to service. Therefore they would be incorruptable, or difficult to corrupt.
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Re:Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism by zipswitch on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:25AM (#29876235)
Which leads to Nassim Taleb's "no skin in the game" problem.
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Re:Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism by 6510 on Monday January 10, 2022 @12:26PM (#29878212)
Or in the case of robot overlords no skin at all.
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