Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing
by naturalmovement on Saturday June 13, 2026 @03:58AM
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> where companies that bribe government officials get preferred treatment
Do you think lobbying did not exist prior to two years ago?
Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing
by grey-area on Saturday June 13, 2026 @09:50AM
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Lobbying is bad, open corruption, grift and bribery at the highest level is even worse.
Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing
by temporaryacc2 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @03:45AM
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Agreed.
HN perceives America as a temporarily embarrassed Libertarian state.
Crony capitalism, media eco-chambers and inequality have fermented an unshakeable disbelief in positive government intervention, thus the only thing left politically tenable is flagrant corruption (drain the swamp).
I'm vey grateful for the Australian federal government; their actions have steered us to a much better 2025/2026 than many other countrires.
Government intervention is good and useful and keeps a markets free and society fair, preventing things like monopolies, robber barons and insider trading.
When those constraints are removed, when government becomes the source of corruption, we end up wheee the US has arrived today - where companies that bribe government officials get preferred treatment and the law is used selectively as a weapon.
This is a very dangerous moment for the US.