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Re:One kitchen, hundreds of internet restaurants by chrisseaton on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:23AM (#32617836)
> If the practice is distasteful, then change the law, but beware the lobbyists.

Lobby to change the law but beware lobbying?

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Re:One kitchen, hundreds of internet restaurants by ectopod on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:20AM (#32618641)
Not lobbying, lobbyists.

lobbyist: A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

Emphasis on paid.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/lobbyist

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Re:One kitchen, hundreds of internet restaurants by chrisseaton on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:37AM (#32618830)
Yes you normally need to pay a lobbyist to lobby - because you need permission to access the lobbies.

Lobbying isn’t a bad thing. Charities, unions, NGOs all lobby, and they use lobbyists to do it.

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