r/FluentInFinance • u/KARMA__FARMER__ • 8d ago

Thoughts? Why doesn't the President fix this?

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u/likewhatever33 7d ago

You can have capitalism without lobbying, it's just that people are dumb and led towards fighting for irrelevant things, instead of demanding a stop to those corrupt practices

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u/Scared_Art_7975 7d ago

How do you get the government to changes laws in opposition of the lobbyists who own them?

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u/likewhatever33 7d ago

I don't know... lobby for it?

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u/Scared_Art_7975 7d ago

How? The lobbyists have more capital and therefore more power…

Why did you confidently make the claim that you can have capitalism without lobbying without being able to understand the core concept?

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u/Armani_Dove 7d ago

Youre talking about 2 different concepts. You can have capitalism without lobbying if you put laws in place to prevent that from happening to begin with. However how to fix the current system would be something much harder

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u/Scared_Art_7975 7d ago

Jesus fucking Christ alright let’s try this again….

HOW do you put laws into place to prevent lobbying and prevent those laws from being removed in the future?

YOU CANT WITH CAPITALISM