Comment by aniviacat
1 year ago
This claim appears blatantly false.
If being unpopular makes a law more likely to pass, then surely the French government tars and feathers all French children every other week.
No, they don't, since the voters would prevent that by voting for a different government.
Obviously the claim exists within the space of bills that somebody actually wants. The premise is that things major industries or politically connected plutocrats want get passed over the interests of the general public for all of the usual reasons, not that things nobody wants get passed without explanation.
That law was never proposed. Only laws that are beneficial to the ruling class get proposed.
The voters decide who is part of the "ruling class". If the voters choose representatives who only pass laws which benefit themselves, then that is a choice the voters made. If the voters are unsatisfied with their choice, they can change their mind in the next vote.
(Read: The status quo is the status quo because most people are prefer the status quo.)
I wasn't aware I ever voted for Elon Musk to have money.
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