The U.S. also bans corporate donations to political parties and candidates.

https://www.idea.int/data-tools/region-view/26/55

Corporate political influence in the U.S. depends primarily on the popularity of the products, jobs, and investment returns they produce.

And successful companies create rich people, who sometimes make a lot of personal donations to politicians and parties. That gets lumped in with corporate influence depending on the details, even though they are personal donations.

Many countries require corporate donations are slightly obfuscated. No country has ever been effective in stopping them.

Just because it’s not perfect doesn’t mean it’s not good or can’t be productive. But I have to also think of all the ways prohibitions have failed.

Possibly, trying to find ways to make government officials less susceptible to outside influence in non traditional ways. Or, in the case of police, paying much better than minimum wage. Where I am, I think they make something like 42,000/yr.

Or maybe they just all need some meditation practice? Some mindfulness and maybe they won’t think they need to soak up so much money.