The question is the answer. If you don’t have lobbying you have corruption because that’s how people work. By providing the legal route it’s visible, provides opportunity for oversight and regulation.
Problem being when that lobbying comes with lots of money and media in hand and that money outweighs the ability of citizens to compete with the uber-wealthy corporations and people. When regulating lobbying fails or is captured by the rich it’s no better than corruption.
The question is the answer. If you don’t have lobbying you have corruption because that’s how people work. By providing the legal route it’s visible, provides opportunity for oversight and regulation.
Problem being when that lobbying comes with lots of money and media in hand and that money outweighs the ability of citizens to compete with the uber-wealthy corporations and people. When regulating lobbying fails or is captured by the rich it’s no better than corruption.