Any time a meme says “basically” there’s a good chance they’re just making stuff up. The term lobbying wasn’t created by Americans, it originated in the UK, referring to the lobbies of the House of Commons. It dates back to the 1600s.
▪️The modern growth of lobbying is a direct result of the rise of the administrative state regulating virtually every aspect of business. Microsoft famously had almost no lobbying presence in Washington in the early ‘90s. Then the govt went after them hard on antitrust charges, and they instituted a massive lobbying arm in DC.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/122197microsoft.html
▪️The reality is that it’s nearly impossible for large businesses to succeed without lobbying. If they try to mind their own business and ignore govt, like Microsoft did, they won’t be left alone in return. So lobbying exists, not only to gain special favors from govt, but to keep them from coming after you.
▪️The leftist perspective is that lobbying arises from corporate money influencing politics, but the reality is it originates due to the favors and punishments that the administrative state (and those who control it) can dole out. Without that power being lorded over, there would be no one to lobby.
Just incredible. After posting a meme blaming Charlie Kirk for his own murder, they post another a few hours later applauding Democrats for their civility.
Also, if you look at the Occupy Democrats timeline, their posts “denouncing political violence” were variations on “no one should be shot…BUT here’s a quote from Kirk showing he’s a terrible person.” Or sometimes they’d leave the first part out altogether and just attack him. There are no posts denouncing violence without qualifiers trying to gin up their base.
