RE: https://hachyderm.io/@diemkay/116008333402482196
I keep saying: Politicians are supposed to be lobbyists for the people - not people for the lobbyists...
RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/116023303263842162
What I mean by this is that no, it's not the job of the political apparatus to be some sort of mediators between various interest groups on the one hand & everybody else on the other hand, or just between interest groups.
They are literally, explicitly employed - and paid - to represent us, the people, at the table, placing OUR interests above ANYTHING that ANY interest group might approach them to talk about.
We shouldn't have to ask them to do that because THAT'S THE WHOLE JOB!