it's not like america is alone in this, they just have gigantic dollar figures. australia is a country which really struggles to move away from fossil fuels, and it also has gigantic coal-mining companies paying huge amounts to keep it that way
> it's not a secret that mega companies use huge amount of funds on lobbying to influence politics
Companies also spend billions on marketing. But there's no reason to believe either of these things actually /work/. And lobbying is not giving money to politicians.
e.g. amazon in 2023, 19.8m USD https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders
it's not like america is alone in this, they just have gigantic dollar figures. australia is a country which really struggles to move away from fossil fuels, and it also has gigantic coal-mining companies paying huge amounts to keep it that way
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16797862
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/apple-ramped-up-lobbying-spe...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/09/big-meat...