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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Let’s start with outlawing lobbying. That’s how you get started on getting rid of “rent seeking”.

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The problem with that is that some lobbying is good it’s just that the EFF for instance can’t compete with Google.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How abut outlawing that corporations can lobby? You have to be a non-profit and ran by people not affiliated with any corporations. CEO has to make a low threshold per year. We can work around that.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

ran by people not affiliated with any corporations

i get what you mean, but i worked with a lot of corporation soles. usually single practitioner medical practices, for the primary purposes of: limiting liability and ease of sale (when the MD/DDS wants to retire). i'm not bothered by small business corps, since you have to register as a corporation (in the US) to be a charitable organization.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Yes but the buggers always find a way around it. Charities are banned from lobbying in Britain. Greenpeace UK simply set up a corporate entity Greenpeace Ltd to do the lobbying for it.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago

Oh for sure, but I think we still gotta try.

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