Lobbying Is Corruption

The author argues that American lobbying—where corporations and wealthy individuals donate to political campaigns in exchange for favorable legislation—is functionally identical to corruption, despite being legal in the United States. While acknowledging that the practice exists in both America and Europe, the author contends that Europeans simply call this same phenomenon "corruption" rather than using the euphemistic term "lobbying." The key distinction, the author suggests, is merely that American corruption operates within a legal framework because those in power write the laws protecting themselves.