Open Democracy: Ending the Scourge of the Lobby Industry

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One of the biggest challenges for modern democracies is how to limit the influence of lobby industry, which amounts to nothing less than state capture.

The World Bank defines state capture as “the exercise of power by private actors — through control over resources, threat of violence, or other forms of influence — to shape policies or implementation in service of their narrow interests.

Under state capture, policymaking doesn’t work the way most people believe it does, and neither do elections. Under state capture, the rule-making machinery itself is the prize, including the ability to define what constitutes corrupt or illicit behaviour in the first place. 

Confronting State Capture - Australian Democracy Network

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Elected officials should refer all major political issues, particular those pushed or promoted by the lobbyists, to the people through open democracy and defer making decisions until there is a clear majority one way or the other? (Agree/Disagree)

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