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Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power (www.theverge.com)
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[–] mayo 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still a useful mechanic to be able to influence government policy in between elections. Not all lobbying is pushing for this dystopian stuff, this is just what ends up in the news.

In Canada anyone can review federal and provincial lobbying activity. Eg:

https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/secure/ocl/lrs/do/clntSmmrySrch?return=true&time=1695867498006

I'm guessing there is something like that for the US.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every form of corruption is a useful mechanic to be able to influence government policy between elections.

[–] mayo 1 points 1 year ago

Ya that's kind of what I'm saying. I'm not thrilled about it.