Venn Diagrams showing the crossover in personnel between the heads of industry and the regulatory bodies that are supposed to limit them. This corruption is called regulatory capture.

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[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This chart has a bit of a political lean, I didn't make it, but In reality one could easily find as many republicans as democrats participating in this, as regulatory capture is endemic to the American political, lobbying, and regulatory systems. These are just a few examples in a system that is saturated with it.

But just take a minute and actually look through the list. You probably will see something that will blow your mind about how corrupt this stuff is.

[–]Rogueprogram 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It does have a political lean but it doesn’t change facts. I would love to see one that shows the crossover during President Trumps administration. I’ll look into it.

[–]Rogueprogram 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ok so far I’ve found a lot of semi related stuff about trump and the EPA. However every article so far has been a hit piece and failed to explain how his actions promote regulatory capture; even though it’s in the headline.

One thing I’ve found that actually favors him however is he made it illegal to be a lobbyist while in his administration. It also bans people from lobbying after leaving the administration for five years. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-lobbying-ban-231534

Here is a piece suggesting that 25 officials were able to get away with not signing the pledge, claiming people are avoiding the ban by shadow lobbying, and making claims about one man registering as a lobbyist despite being ineligible. Keep in mind though it states that he will register not that he has. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.propublica.org/article/the-lobbying-swamp-is-flourishing-in-trumps-washington/amp

This fills in the gaps pretty well. It seems that the EPA being the thing that comes up the most is relevant. https://www.npr.org/2017/08/16/543876454/in-trumps-government-the-regulated-have-become-the-regulators

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah this was made during Obama's early years I think. So it's like 10 years old. But still relevant as heck

[–]Rogueprogram 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It’s more discreet now which could be a good thing or a bad thing I suppose.

[–]mikipika 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Brilliant depiction of the corruption. Names! Another excellent post, thanks magnora7!