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[AnthonyMouse]

> The IP laws are based on greed/capitalism/profit. No one besides the big corps want this just ask Mickey Mouse.

I believe that's the point. "Big corporations lobbying government for rent-seeking legislation" isn't capitalism, it's corruption.

[ThomPete → AnthonyMouse]

Lobbyism is legal so no.

[AnthonyMouse → ThomPete]

Corrupt doesn't mean illegal, it means dishonest, disloyal, lacking in integrity, etc.

[ThomPete → AnthonyMouse]

Or fraudulent which is the right word in this context. Lobbyism is legal whether it's dishonest, disloyal, lacking in integrity.

So corruption in this context should be understood as fraudulent which is illegal.

[AnthonyMouse → ThomPete]

In what sense is it fraudulent? A straightforward exchange of money for policy doesn't require anybody to lie. The harm is from the disloyalty and lack of integrity of the elected representative. And making policies in order to get money is disloyal regardless of whether it's illegal.

[ThomPete → AnthonyMouse]

Lobbyism is legal so in this context corruption to be anything meaningful is illegal. Otherwise it's just lobbyism.

Fraudulent is one of the terms used to describe what corruption is it's adequate here.

[livingparadox → ThomPete]

If there are multiple meanings for a word, I think the author (AnthonyMouse) would get the final word on which meaning he intended. And he made it clear he intended it to mean "dishonest, disloyal, lacking in integrity" not "fradulent" or "illegal".

[ThomPete → livingparadox]

Yes there are multiple meanings. Since lobbyism is legal in this context corruption would mean fraudulent.