• Owl@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    the fact that lobbying, which literally is just bribing the government, is somehow legal all over the world is crazy to me.

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      7 months ago

      They are literally not the same. Bribing is when you try to give something in exchange for voting/law making etc. Lobbying is convincing why prioritising is important. These can be selfish reasons, like in this case. However, lobbying may also be done for noble causes by a wide range of NGOs. Prohibiting lobbying is limiting the opportunity for all kinds of actors to argue their cause.

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        7 months ago

        They are literally not the same. Lobbying is when you try to convince someone and influence their voting/law making etc. Bribing is paying to set the prioritising and define what is important. However, bribing may also be done for noble causes, prohibiting bribes is limiting the opportunity for all kinds of actors to ensure their cause isn’t deprioritized in a harmful way.

        They’re literally the same, we just legalized using money to set the agenda and made a new word for it.