Soulinyx@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWhat thing would be nice to have but can't have it because we can't trust people?message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat thing would be nice to have but can't have it because we can't trust people?Soulinyx@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·10 hours agowe could make lobbying illegal, but then what would be the point of becoming a public servant?
minus-squareleaky_shower_thought@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 hours agonot really sure i got the point here. is it that public servants only exist because there’s lobbying?
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 hours agothe point is that people go into public service these days to get rich because of lobbying. after winning the lottery, winning an election, esp a federal one, is one of the fastest ways to go from normal person to 8 figures in wealth.
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoPretty sure its a joke and you just wooshed.
we could make lobbying illegal, but then what would be the point of becoming a public servant?
not really sure i got the point here. is it that public servants only exist because there’s lobbying?
the point is that people go into public service these days to get rich because of lobbying.
after winning the lottery, winning an election, esp a federal one, is one of the fastest ways to go from normal person to 8 figures in wealth.
Pretty sure its a joke and you just wooshed.