And not only that but one who was "big on entrepreneurship!" Guy wasn't really rocking the boat, was he?
Nope. She had been working on entrepreneurship for a while so had met her reps years ago. No money involved. Hell, not even from a very big state.
Nothing stops the average citizen from organizing and getting similar access to representatives.
Instead we get people who don’t even know who their representative is claiming they’re sure the whole system is rigged.
It’s not that different than people who claim there are no jobs when they haven’t even applied to any.
I disagree pretty strongly. There are tons of soft power social levers and bureaucratic structures designed exactly to prevent your average Joe from getting access to representatives
Even a comparatively powerful person like a wealthy CEO of a big company often experiences friction trying to get access to public servants. That's why they hire lobbyists whose job it is to get past the friction
Of course the groups that represent larger voting blocks get easier access - that makes perfect sense.
But like the example I gave - the access is possible. Most people who complain about a lack of access never tried.
This is a sign of the system not working. A well connected professor, with plenty of free time to form an organization and go to Washington to talk to his rep
Might as well be an industry lobbyist.
Could a worker from Walmart do the same thing? In theory sure. In practice unlikely, for any number of reasons. Not least because people are unlikely to take a Wal Mart worker seriously enough to join their organization.