Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr...
by otikik on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:46AM
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Lobbying (especially US-style lobbying) is a shortcut around democracy for the rich and powerful.
People should be electing their representatives based on what they will do for them. Instead they choose who gets bought. As a result, I have one vote but Charlie McBucks Inc. has 10 million.
> Is it that you don't bother to exercise those same rights yourself,
It's a game only the extremely wealthy can play, and you can't lobby to abolish lobbying anyway.
People should be electing their representatives based on what they will do for them. Instead they choose who gets bought. As a result, I have one vote but Charlie McBucks Inc. has 10 million.
> Is it that you don't bother to exercise those same rights yourself,
It's a game only the extremely wealthy can play, and you can't lobby to abolish lobbying anyway.