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Tl;dr they all support both sides so no matter the election they always get what they want.

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For tax purposes and to lobby for pet projects, yes they lobby both sides. Some corporations lobby for ideological issues. You will find that the vast majority of them get republican support. Plenty of not-for-profits lobby the left as well but you’re not buying their products and paying for ideologies you may not agree with.

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It’s why I stopped voting, because everybody else is voting for either side any way.

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Your vote is yours to throw away if you want to.

But it’s kind of an insult to everyone who fought to let you do that.

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No, what is an insult is the American electoral system where at the end of the day, your individual vote means nothing. Your so called representatives do not work for you. They only represent you only paper. They are there to enrich themselves through corporate dollar and stocks, because capitalism and individualism.

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Our votes do nothing to impact politicians or policy. The needs of capital will always be addressed while we get left over table scraps, that inevitably still benefit capital.

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The trick is to pick the lesser of the two evils.

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50 years of that has produced an evil so large we don’t even recognize evil any longer.

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People here missing my point: vote with your wallets!

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The issue with that sentiment is that a significant amount of the population simply can’t afford to be picky. They buy the cheapest available version of whatever they need because that’s what they can afford. All of the power of consumer choice is slowly being stripped away as more and more people are pushed into poverty, and that’s by design.

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There is 0 reason this should be an app. Stop making shitty apps and just have proper websites.

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To be fair you can get to the list on the site.

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You should know that this app has a shit ton of trackers and ads … GTFO with that shit

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Politicians should wear company logos like racing drivers so we know who they are sponsored by.

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Second time I’ve seen someone mention Mystery Men in three days. This is Amazing

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It’s an amazing movie

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You’re Amazing

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Doesn’t say it, but looks like it’s USA only.

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Companies openly giving money to politicians is USA only. In other countries it’s bribery and corruption.

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Per Anthony Kennedy and a completely fair and impartial republiQan-aligned Supreme Court, money is just another word for free speech.

Corporations are people, my friend.

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Unless they’re responsible for a crime, then suddenly they’re a faceless abstraction, and you can’t charge those with anything silly!

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It’s the only way I support the death penalty, it’s just too bad none of them have been condemned

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Be that as it may, not mentioning which nation the topic applies to enforces the notion that the US is the default if no other context is given.

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That’s a reasonable notion given how important the US is globally.

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