[nancyminusone]

I already pay for my government in taxes (which ironically these big cos don't pay).

Besides, if I were to gather up 4 million to lobby, the opposition would simply spend 8 million instead which they could come up with just as easily. They don't have to outrun the bear, the just have to outrun you.

[simonw]

Yeah, I would like my taxes to go to paying for expertise to help make good governance decisions, personally.

[TeMPOraL]

Oh so you're aligned with AI lobbying then?

j/k, but then again, it's not like we have other means to "help make good governance decisions" that we haven't already tried before. Maybe except the failed cybernetics experiments that came a little before their time and in the wrong political regime, but then those are effectively replicated by any large multinational internally to some extent.