| > So we should make lobbying by corporations illegal? Absolutely > they simply had restrictions on what their service(s) could be used for Do they have such restrictions on private parties? Also, is this common in industry generally? If I manufacture screws would it be a typical practice for me to contractually require that a buyer not use my screws in weapons, for example? > Can the government force a company that runs a nuclear power plant force that company to make a nuclear weapon? No, it seems like you are missing my point. I think there is an argument that the seller should be blind to who the buyer is and what they are going to do with the product they are buying. If we don’t do that, we open up an exploit where an adversary doesn’t need to get direct control of the government, they can just pressure a small number of private companies who would deliver what the elected government wants. Also do keep in mind that I’m playing devil’s advocate here, I don’t think democracy has functioned properly in America for quite a long time now, and it may be a delusion that it even can function with how things are set up today. |