• OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The lobbying is not the problem. The donations that sway opinions are the problem. If it was entirely unrelated to donations and the congress person was just hearing out all sides of an issue, that’s a good thing.

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      1 year ago

      How often do companies fund biased or outright falsified studies that are then presented as fact by lobbyists?

      I could maybe get more behind lobbying without donations if all data points were required to be peer reviewed. The lawmakers hearing these arguments are not experts (see any tech related legislation ever), it’s real easy to lie to them; basically removing the money then means that the most charismatic and/or best liar ends up winning.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      Donations aren’t to sway opinion they’re to maintain a stock of dependent politicians who already agree with your position but who also need your funding to stay in office