Comment on AI lobbying spikes 185% as calls for regulation surge

QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lawrence@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As long as corruption exists, lobbying will exist.

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  • TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s like saying “as long as stabbing exists, stab wounds are here to stay.”

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lobbying is a critical part of a working democracy, the issue is that lobbying has got out of control with regards to spending and in many cases outright corruption.

  So what is so critical about lobbying?

  In an ideal world, it informs politicians about issues seen in society, a healthy politician might not see the issues a person in a wheelchair does, thus the person in a a wheelchair needs to talk with others in the same situation and form a group that can lobby their cause.

  Unfortunately, as with anything, wealth does have a huge advantage here, so limits on money spent lobbying is a very good idea, banning it outright is a very bad idea, probably impossible in any country with free speech.

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  • jeremyparker@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re not wrong but I don’t love the implication that people who use wheelchairs aren’t healthy

    Adding to your point: the freedom to petition the government for the redress of grievances is not just in the Bill of Rights, it’s also in the Magna Carta.

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    • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is fair, I was insure on how to best describe the situation, I ment no disrespect.

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  • Hootz@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Paid lobbying should be illegal. That’s a bit better.

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• tyler@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Congresspeople would be even less informed than they are currently if there was no lobbying. There definitely needs to be limits to lobbying, but scientists lobby too, that’s why we have laws around ozone, chemicals in water, etc.

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  • diffusive@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s called science… You know the thing that you publish on scientific paper. Nothing to do with lobbying… You know… Giving “donations”

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, it’s literally called lobbying, even when scientists and non-profits do it. Hence why it’s allowed, it was a way for people to tell senators what they didn’t know.

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    • VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m accepting donations. Vote for free beer

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