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philipallstaryesterday at 8:56 PM1 replyview on HN

Their job is to represent their company. It's like calling a defence or prosecution lawyer an asshole for taking their client's side. It's the judge's job to be impartial, not theirs. And it's the regulator's job to be impartial, not the lobbyist's.


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bryan_wyesterday at 10:49 PM

You're assuming these people know what a lobbyist does beyond the edgey cynical definition they learned about when they were 13.