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Why does the USA seem particularly susceptible to regulatory capture and industry lobbying? Is it just money in politics or is something else happening?

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dcgudeman 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The USA is not particularly susceptible, you just are exposed to more stories about it happening in the US. It's happening all the time all over the world.

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waste_monk 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Too much drinking lead perhaps.

	▲	gsf_emergency 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		+1 for humorously pointing out (but to me technically correct) that people don't pay enough attention to the feedback loops inherent in big industries

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makeitdouble 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"small government" fundamentally means "big industries".

When governing entities have limited money and power, they will need a lot of good will from the incumbents to have anything done at all.

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didgeoridoo 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you under the impression that the USA has a small government?

	▲	makeitdouble 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Looking at this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_governmen... The USA is at 38%. That's pretty low compared to most EU countries (e.g. France or Italy are at 58%), even lower than Brazil or Japan. And Japan has no offensive military to throw money at.
	▲	BrainInAJar 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		in terms of things that the government provides to the public, absolutely. The US is incapable of doing anything other than through the military.

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financetechbro 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because industry lobbying = corruption (in most cases)