Re:The Work, the Tech, and the Crime
by ok_dad on Friday June 10, 2022 @07:01PM
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Nah, all that stuff is illegal today. The bribery comes later in the form of, “hey, you worked with us on that bill, maybe you’d be a good board member! We pay $xxx,xxx per year to board members and they meet 4 times a year” or, “you know, without this legislation we could totally open a new factory in your state; say, doesn’t your cousin own a supply company there? I wonder what a new factory would do for his business…”
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That’s legal in Europe too. Where’s Gerhard Schroeder these days?
Re:The Work, the Tech, and the Crime
by PierreProstata on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:12AM
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Since you brought up Schröder imma make it pretty Germany specific: parties and candidates are much less reliant on fundraising. Coalition building makes bribing/lobbying certain parties way less efficient. Ranked party lists makes singular politicians less targetable for bribing/lobbying. And Schröder has become one of the least popular former chancellors due to his engagements in Russian oil corporations and with the war going on pretty universally a persona non grata