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Its very easy to fix corporate lobbying.

Just limit contributions to x dollars (indexed to % of poverty level or whatever) to persons that can vote.

This takes away the personhood of corporations and takes care of moneyed interests.

However this would require a constitutional amendment in order to not come in conflict with free speech.

Alternatively, you could make elections outcomes somewhat random, and effectively rendering the prize (officeholding) a lot more uncertain and therefore, not worth the risk.

Imagine winning a campaign for state senate and getting swapped with the 2nd place ranked for comptroller.

Who's going to put money in that campaign



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