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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by PrimeMcFly on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:06PM (#37139880)
Lobbying isn't the issue. The corrupt politicians who just implement whatever telcos request are.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by pessimizer on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:37PM (#37140192)
So instead of regulating lobbying, it would be easier to eradicate all potentially corruptible people from the planet.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by robertlagrant on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @07:06PM (#37140472)
If you think regulation is magically excluded from your own logic, you need to get another think.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by UncleMeat on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:32PM (#37140134)
"Quid-pro-quo bribery isn't the issue. The corrupt politicians who accept bribes are the issue."

This isn't how we do legal policy. We wouldn't say "all bribery laws are gone, we'll just make sure that we don't have any politicians that accept bribes some other way."

Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by PrimeMcFly on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:42PM (#37140241)
Well, you're kind of right. Bribery disguised as lobbying is the issue, not lobbying itself.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by zakki on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:39PM (#37140207)
The politicians corrupted because of the lobbying. How can we put them in separate basket?
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by PrimeMcFly on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:43PM (#37140250)
They're not corrupt because of lobbying, they are already corrupt and take advantage of lobbying.

There are things that could be done but the people in office making the laws are not interested, and the population is too apathetic/indoctrinated to make the correct choices.