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Bezos return of investment for sucking up to Trump (media.piefed.social)
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[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I said it before, I'll say it again.

Lobbying is just bribery with extra steps.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Those extra steps?

  1. Rubber-stamp the bribe
  2. Call it lobbying instead of bribery
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

It is literally just bribery. Bribery with extra steps is just bribery.