alt Hacker NewsRank and file are legally prohibited from lobbying in that way and because they're not political operatives it's actually enforced.
Rank and file are legally prohibited from lobbying in that way and because they're not political operatives it's actually enforced.
They don't need to lobby, because they're already on the inside. 95% of the government is run by the bureaucracy, so they can directly implement their ideological preferences. That's how you get situations like in Europe where the policies don't change regardless of which party is elected.