lobbying wasn't enough they had to normalize insider trading . politician becoming corporation executives as well , truly the most corrupt government in history
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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I recall someone once saying they found a comparison between bribery and lobbying and the explanation for why lobbying wasn't bribery was cause it's legal, lol
that's cause it's literally what it is, legalized bribery
I know, right? The Supreme Court was feeling left out, so they legalized ~~bribery~~ gratuities for judges.
Doesn't this apply to all "democratic" countries?
Not all of them have a formalized lobbying mechanism. It still happens, but at least there's a chance of a corruption sentence if it's scandalous. In the US they are called "super donations" and bragged about
it sure does, the US is just the most blatant about it
They're just voting with their dollars, it's real democracy!
“Corporations are people and money is speech!”
Yet they are allowed to buy and eat other "people"
It’s freedom.