God, I hate posting a Reddit comment, but this is huge. Every claim is sourced (I have not verified personally).
Edit: Well, Reddit does what reddit does, it’s been removed. Here is a github link: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/985257
Then why would they be relevant to a discussion about legislation that affects the general public?
No one said anything about “general public”.
We are talking about legislation. Unless it’s very specifically targeted legislation, the conversation always is about the general public.
It isn’t.