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Pardon my ignorance, but how is lobbying legal? Isn't it actually funding and nominated people for incentives, unlike a true democracy. Isn't it effectively quid-pro-quo?

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In the US, bribing politicians is seen as a free speech issue, and not corruption for some reason.

The people benefiting from lobbying make the rules about it.

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