Comment on Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power
Prethoryn@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Lobbying should be fucking banned.
It’s still a useful mechanic to be able to influence government policy in between elections. Not all lobbying is pushing for this dystopian stuff, this is just what ends up in the news.
In Canada anyone can review federal and provincial lobbying activity. Eg:
lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/secure/ocl/…/clntSmmrySrch?…
I’m guessing there is something like that for the US.
Every form of corruption is a useful mechanic to be able to influence government policy between elections.
Ya that’s kind of what I’m saying. I’m not thrilled about it.
Vote in representatives that will ban it.
In theory yes, but in practice extremely rich lobbyists will buy up enough votes to not ban it. Sorry, I mean “successfully lobby against it legally”.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It is far more likely that remarks against lobbying will be banned, because someone would lobby for that.