I actually disagree with getting rid of billionaires or their ability to lobby governments; billionaires being able to lobby governments in a democracy is actually integral to the continued functioning efficacy of any country.
Instead, America should become a direct democracy where people vote directly on the issues and the billionaires can lobby the entire population instead.
Also lobbying isn’t bribery; here’s a reddit post explaining how unlike bribes which seeks to influence people in power, lobbying merely seeks to influence people in power:
Apparently unlike bribery where if you bribe them, they can decide not to side with you and you can simply not bribe them again, whereas with lobbying if you lobby them and they decide not to side with you, you can instead not lobby them again. Apparently with lobbying you can’t ask for your money back or threaten them because they didn’t do what you wanted, unlike bribery where instead you can’t ask for your money back or threaten them because they didn’t do what you wanted.
Now it might seem on the face of it that these are entirely the same things, but lobbyists assure me they’re not!
(I noticed some people here really can’t tell sarcasm, so for the record: yes, this is sarcasm; don’t be libby or I’ll lobby Dobby to lobby a libby at your snobby lobby)
I actually disagree with getting rid of billionaires or their ability to lobby governments; billionaires being able to lobby governments in a democracy is actually integral to the continued functioning efficacy of any country.
Instead, America should become a direct democracy where people vote directly on the issues and the billionaires can lobby the entire population instead.
Also lobbying isn’t bribery; here’s a reddit post explaining how unlike bribes which seeks to influence people in power, lobbying merely seeks to influence people in power:
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1iyo1n/eli5_how_is_political_lobbying_not_bribery/cb9c9yw/
Apparently unlike bribery where if you bribe them, they can decide not to side with you and you can simply not bribe them again, whereas with lobbying if you lobby them and they decide not to side with you, you can instead not lobby them again. Apparently with lobbying you can’t ask for your money back or threaten them because they didn’t do what you wanted, unlike bribery where instead you can’t ask for your money back or threaten them because they didn’t do what you wanted.
Now it might seem on the face of it that these are entirely the same things, but lobbyists assure me they’re not!
(I noticed some people here really can’t tell sarcasm, so for the record: yes, this is sarcasm; don’t be libby or I’ll lobby Dobby to lobby a libby at your snobby lobby)