| > In other countries what goes as 'lobbying' in US would be mostly classified as blatant corruption of the politics. Sorry, but you have no idea what you're talking about. Every democratic country has professional lobbyists. > Corporations are centralized entities that have access to a lot of money and (also through money) to lobbying specialists Indeed the purpose of money is to purchase goods and services. That doesn't contradict anything that I said. My point is that you don't need a lot of money to lobby. There are plenty of people who are willing to lobby for just causes for their bare minimum expenses. Nowadays, people have forgotten it is even an option. > Normal citizens face and uphill struggle in every step - they have to get organized, get money, get specialists. Achieving goals requires investment and effort. Boo hoo. The demographic that frequents HN absolutely has the time and money to make meaningful changes in the world that they complain about, yet they act like they're helpless victims. > Shouldn't voting for the people who represent your interests be actually enough? For one, voters only care about vibes. They don't give a shit about policy. Mitch McConnell reassured fellow Republicans that voters would "get over" the Medicaid cuts. He may be evil, but he is good at what he does and is 100% correct here. This attitude goes across the political spectrum. The most popular politicians on the left (e.g. AOC and Sanders) have some of the weakest Even in a best case scenario of an informed voter base, voting still isn't enough. Politicians and their dozen or so staffers can't be experts in every aspect of society. > Colonisation of North America was not a central plan. It's almost as if you brought up a famine in a different continent. Colonization of land and resources is different from the colonization of a people, which is central planning. > Ultimately, it is not about who has the power and where does the legitimacy of power come from, but how is that power wielded. I don't really disagree with anything below. |