I know what lobbying is and what forms it can take. In the end it is all about influencing a political system by bypassing the electorate.
Lets take this statement of yours:
"Real lobbying is simply educating policy makers on the change you want to happen. You can't reasonably expect every politician to be educated on every issue."
And this is why you should have a well working and functioning government. Politicians are elected and should have a global idea on what to do for the populace, they elected them after all. The knowledge you refer to should not be completely on these politicians. They might have some, based on their life experiences and education.
The continuity and knowledge should come from civil servants. They are the cement of government, the persons who make the wheels go around. Ok, cement and wheels do not go well together but you get the gist of it.
Listen, we are (or soon very likely) going around in circles. I understand that the current system of lobbying is what people know and expect, even rely on, see your example of your SO. Of course you see the benefit of a system which is used for centuries, millennia perhaps even. It is, in my view, a broken and infectious system, meant to overrule the will of the people. Brought to you by powers that want continuous access and influence in a government but in the disguise of "being helpful".
I don't know what to say or how to explain it anymore then I already did.
I strongly disagree. All lobbying is wrong and could be considered bribery. At a minimum it is circumventing democracy. We see a case in front of us and see what happens in broad daylight, what you call bribery. Do you honestly belief this is a rare case or can we say this (lobbying) is not a transparent part of the process and thus an incentive to bribe/coerce politicians?
But I understand that the system is what it is atm and lots of people have been accustomed to it, up to the point of defending it.
It really is as simple as that. The moment you allow one group of people/companies to have 24/7 access to politicians and yet the general population only gets to vote every couple of years, you are effectively done with democracy.
Nothing you can do now but please remember this once/if the great reset is done 😁
Sometimes it can be fun to see how far this can go, sort of an experiment and some form of catharsis release. My hope here was to feed the possible responses it has and see if there was a way out for it. Does not seem like it.
I get it and I expected as much. I would not engage to heavy either tbh, I totally get your problem and dilemma.
Just a simple, 'that is not true' or 'you have been lied to' and then move on. She gets to drop nuggets of indisputable nonsense, you get to drop yours.
Anyway, good luck!
Why did you not engage her? It is this sort of silence that empowers her and other like her. I get it, this is your mother but at the same time you are allowed to voice the truth and push back a little. Not to the level of an all out 'war' of course, I get that, but some push back is allowed. If that doesn't land well, there's not a whole lot you can do but if I were you I would drop nuggets of info every single time, just to not let it pass and give the impression they are right. It needs to be uncomfortable to air these lies.
Not that I know of but tbh, you should look at blocking the entity that brought this into lemmy/your life.
You can block the user if he enters articles or info you want to dismiss. For me it's entirely a valid thing to do as gaining control over who gets to enter your information space is your prerogative.
I can just about guarantee that most of your day to day life is influenced by what people did in the past in regards to protests. Could be as huge as in civil war or smaller local protest to combat small issues. Your rights and comforts have been written in the blood of those who preceded you. Sometimes metaphorically, sometimes very real blood.
In my country we have an old saying that I learned from Jewish store/market people:
"I wish you many employees..."
The meaning is that while it is fun to have a store, having to deal with employees can be a bit daunting and frustrating, a toll on your sleep and sanity, so in effect they are wishing you sorrow and despair.
After having worked with Indian colleagues and managers for 10+ years I developed my own version of it:
"I wish you an Indian manager..."
This means that I kinda dislike you and I can get great pleasure of watching you struggle with the insanity of what is Indian management.
Great people to work with, absolute idiots and delusional sociopaths once they become part of management.
It's a joke but in reality, both sayings do have some sort of merit to them.
This guy gives me that lunatic Indian management vibe...
Never let is be asked: That Ukraine gave up it's ultimate deterrent, nuclear weapons, in favor of having the guarantee of russia they will not bother Ukraine, that russia stole Crimea and Ukraine nor the west did not go full blown war over it.
You are an idiot making excuses for the war mongers in russia. They rolled into a country without provocation but under the umbrella of broken promises and already stolen Ukraine land.
Forget the technical BS of this moron, lets focus on the gofundme nonsense.
So I pay into this gofundme thing and that makes me partial owner of that bridge, just like the others who participated. In what fantasy world do you live if you think that bridge will not be blocked for all others who did not participate? Will the people out of the kindness of their hearts allow others to cross that bridge?
If you believe that this bridge will not cause people to throw hissyfits and consider it private then I have a bridge to sell you 😂
Very happy for Charles!
But something needs to happen to this race. As it is now it is a Saturday race with qualifying, the race on Sunday is negligible, boring even.