[kelseyfrog]

Because businesses can rent-seek congress through lobbying sometimes much more effectively than groups of citizens.

[PaulHoule]

See this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic_of_Collective_Action

if you want to get depressed about the prospect of "the left."

[2devnull]

Seems like a good lens through which to view California politics, which is often dominated for better and worse by special interests like the trial lawyers, firefighters, etc…