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by jamesnorden 93 days ago
Technically because citizens are also allowed to lobby, but in practice only corporations get to play, so it becomes "legal bribing".
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The environmental movement and labor movement are two examples where citizens organize to go up against corporate interests and win pretty regularly and durably.

Most of those folks would not call it lobbying because of the negative associations of the word. “We have activists, our opponents have lobbyists.” But it works the same way.

It is specifically protected in the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Emphasis mine.

You might want to look into the industry funding of environmental organizations and the decline of union membership before you decide with your whole heart.