It's legal. How is it a "fault"?
The playing field should be level. If Google stops the lobbying, their competitors won't.
The system is rotten, it's not Google's fault they have to use the faulty system or die.
The playing field should be level. If Google stops the lobbying, their competitors won't.
The system is rotten, it's not Google's fault they have to use the faulty system or die.
My point about shared/abstracted responsibility wasn't meant to defend or absolve anyone personally, but if you ever ask yourself how [CEO or board member of your favorite villainous corporation] sleeps at night, that was an attempt to explain it in broad terms. If responsibility is seen as shared, humans seem to have an increased psychological ability to internally deflect blame from themselves, in addition to the perception in some cases that they personally will not be punished or fined, rather the abstract corporation will. This in turn reduces the disincentive for behavior that they might not otherwise engage in.
If you'd prefer to believe instead that the problem is that people are running said corporations are simply evil to the core, feel free, but what do you plan to do about that? I tend to think any attempt at a solution should start with reducing the effect of corporate money on legislation and other areas of politics.
Hence, government's job is to limit how much damage evil can do.
They suck at this.