Environmental documentary.

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    Shouldn’t this be a problem that gets millions in funding. How many protestors are there willing to give up their time but not $5?

    I don’t understand the refusal by climate protesters to play the game that everybody from my dentist to the big industrial players play.

    How did climate protester’s get convinced that using the methods and tactics that work for every other industry should be avoided

    Also, lobbying isn’t bribery. Lobbying is part of the Democratic process. Its keeping your issues in front of the politician. Its arguing for your cause. Often times there is a think tank that compiles information like polling data. Lawyers build laws. and other information favorable to your issue is all compiled and then the lobbyist brings it to the politician where they convince the politician that if they champion your issue then it would benefit them. They present compiled information to support their argument.

    Not sure why climate activists are yelling at art instead of lobbying. Some lobbying is straight up bribery. But often its more like I described above. Its doing all the leg work and arguing why a politician needs to be on your side. Industry figured it out long ago. Why haven’t regular people

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      You really don’t seem to understand just how big the wealth disparity between the entirety of humanity and the wealthiest 100 or even 1000 people on the planet is.

      Throwing what is essentially pocket change at those who serve the money hoarding monsters (our governments) is as useless as putting a band aid on a cancer, and not even a full finger sized one, but one of those dots, you know that you get for a shot.

      Oh, and never even mind that lobbying absolutely is bribery, the fact that anyone actually sees it as a legitimate tool goes to show just how fucked we are.

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        1 year ago

        I would like know what you think lobbying is?

        Can you explain the steps or walk me through how its always certainly bribery.

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      These lemmies saved the world with this one weird tip! Big Oil HATES them!

      But seriously, the above. Big Oil and corporate lobbyists in general don’t want you to know that lobbying can be done by the public, by making it so taboo that it makes good causes look bad if they lobby.