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by HardlyCognizant 54 days ago
That just means the forms of lobbying being permitted are antithetical to democracy, and is just bribery in a different form. The problem is with the lobbying, not the accountability.
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The public ballots are what makes the bribery possible. It also prevents representatives from voting for what they believe is right, due to internal pressure from their party or from broader society. Just look at US congress: it's hard to be believe that all Republican members want to support tearing down democracy. Yet they do.