• nick@midwest.social
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    9 months ago

    As long as lobbyists walk this planet ain’t shit happening.

    We need to fire all lobbyists… into the sun

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      9 months ago

      In theory lobbyists are exactly what we need. Professionals with real world knowledge about thier industry and section of society. You cannot expect any of the people holding office to know details about everything.

      It’s supposed to be like a leader surrounding himself with experts in thier fields.

      … But of course in reality people want money.

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        9 months ago

        Except lobbying isn’t experts giving an opinion, it’s rich people giving money. The only expertise the lobbyists ever have is knowledge on how to make money, since in order to get enough of it to lobby, you need to devote your life to it. The people who have enough expertise to legitimately advise the government on science don’t make anywhere near enough to lobby.

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        9 months ago

        That’s yet another problem: people holding office, in charge of something they don’t know shit about. Wasn’t the guy in charge of the EPA an oil exec, and nobody batted an eye?