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    1. Vapor Weyve‏ @Nymphomachy 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat

      I mean it still feels like a lobby-proof democracy should be the aspiration, rather than resigning oneself to lobbying as an inevitability

      3 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
    2. biryani bai بریانی بائ‏ @tiredsias 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect @nberlat

      the phrase "lobbying as an inevitability" makes it sound like you think lobbying should be done away with altogether but lobbying isn't inherently bad - Planned Parenthood lobbies, as do a lot of other progressive orgs & grassroots groups

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Vapor Weyve‏ @Nymphomachy 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @tiredsias @arthur_affect @nberlat

      yeah and almost all of them are drowned out by the power of much more entrenched interests so I'm not convinced the system shouldn't be wiped away altogether

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. biryani bai بریانی بائ‏ @tiredsias 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect @nberlat

      the solution to this issue wouldn't be doing away with lobbying altogether or acting like lobbying is inherently evil, but setting up a system that prevents lobbies from becoming as powerful as this - that's a problem inherent to capitalism, not lobbying

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @tiredsias @Nymphomachy @nberlat

      A "lobby" is just someone who spends all their time demanding stuff from the government, and being able to do that is exactly how democracy is supposed to work As with everything else, the problem is that rich people who do it are far more powerful at it than the rest of us

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @tiredsias and

      I would argue that a country that has a word for it and has people go to school to make it their profession and requires organizations to formally register as "lobbying groups" for this purpose is in many ways healthier than one that doesn't

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    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @tiredsias and

      It's like having organized political parties You may not like that politics is a big competition of factions run by powerful elites trying to beat each other rather than a bunch of thoughtful neutral arbiters trying to make objectively correct decisions But it is

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    8. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @tiredsias and

      And because it inevitably is, it's better that we have institutions to do it out in the open rather than having everything in the shadows behind closed doors

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @tiredsias and

      Like, if you know the origin of the word "lobbying", it's better to have lobbyists than penthousists Better to get it all done in the lobby than up in a private room

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. biryani bai بریانی بائ‏ @tiredsias 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy @nberlat

      are you trying to explain how lobbies work to me or

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Oct 2020
      Replying to @tiredsias @Nymphomachy @nberlat

      I'm talking to @Nymphomachy primarily, not you, I apologize

      8:52 PM - 3 Oct 2020
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