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Give the U.S. ten years and "clientelism" will have become a household word.
by matttproud 1y ago
Give the U.S. ten years and "clientelism" will have become a household word.
- parthdesai 1y agoI thought "lobbying" is already a household word :)
- varjag 1y agoI don't think lobbying implies your rep having a bedroom in White House.
- DrillShopper 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom_for_contributors_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom_for_contributo...
- duggan 1y agoAnd perhaps "state capture", which is a term I first heard from South Africans. Edit: incidentally, only mentioning SA as academics there developed the theory around it, to the best of my knowledge.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoYep. 3 Months ago: > The implicit justification for valuing Tesla now is not "we sell good cars", it is state capture. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43023325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43023325 Indeed I also heard it in context of South Africa. But Wikipedia also has other, earlier examples too.