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
lobbying wasn't enough they had to normalize insider trading . politician becoming corporation executives as well , truly the most corrupt government in history
9 Comments
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 77d
“Corporations are people and money is speech!”
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 76d
Yet they are allowed to buy and eat other "people"
pleiades@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 76d
They're just voting with their dollars, it's real democracy!
Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 77d
It’s freedom.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 11 pts · 76d
I know, right? The Supreme Court was feeling left out, so they legalized
briberygratuities for judges.grandel@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 76d
Doesn't this apply to all "democratic" countries?
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 76d
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
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 76d
it sure does, the US is just the most blatant about it
Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 76d
lobbying wasn't enough they had to normalize insider trading . politician becoming corporation executives as well , truly the most corrupt government in history