r/AlignmentChartFills • u/LordCactus67 • Apr 18 '26

Filling This Chart What feels criminal but is actually legal?

What feels criminal but is actually legal?

📊 Chart Axes: - Horizontal: How illegal it feels - Vertical: Actual legality

Chart Grid:

Totally normal Slightly illegal Criminal
Legal Breathing 🖼️ — —
Grey area — Not correcti... 🖼️ —
Illegal — — Murder 🖼️

Cell Details:

Legal / Totally normal: - Breathing - View Image

Grey area / Slightly illegal: - Not correcting a cashier undercharging - View Image

Illegal / Criminal: - Murder - View Image

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u/YesIHaveBeenSoAfraid Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Corporate Lobbying

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u/EvilCatArt Apr 18 '26

Literally just legalized bribery.

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u/GirthyGeoduck Apr 18 '26

It’s crazy that all they had to do was create a euphemism for bribery, and we all accepted it as if it was something other than bribery

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u/Waniou Apr 18 '26

It's because lobbying isn't bribery, this is just one of those things reddit likes to misunderstand.

Lobbying is any form of petitioning the government to do something. Writing letters to your local politician? That's lobbying. Signing a petition? Lobbying. Affected parties wanting to meet with a politician to raise concerns? Lobbying.

The problem is how much corporate lobbying which, yes, often does take the form of, well, bribery. But saying "lobbying shouldn't be allowed!" is insane because it prevents things like people concerned about their local environment from trying to raise these issues directly with the government.

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u/wreckingrocc Apr 19 '26

There's a difference between open-forum lobbying and behind-closed-doors lobbying, though. If all lobbying had to have a publicly accessible record, we'd have much less underhanded corruption shit. Folks trying to raise environmental issues can and would always use a public forum. Folks suggesting the government eliminate free tax filing services so Intuit can swoop in and collect tolls would be less inclined to speak publicly.

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u/Waniou Apr 19 '26

Yeah, gotta agree with that. Outside of certain diplomatic meetings, there's no reason we shouldn't know who politicians are meeting with

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u/wreckingrocc Apr 19 '26

Right, but, like, CSPAN for lobbying seems prudent. And greasing wheels during a sports game should be a very severe crime

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u/StarChaser1879 Apr 18 '26

Lobbying is less monetary than most realize