Business investment in capturing parliaments proves those institutions matter
Evidence
The same is true about parliamentary politics. You should not pin all of your hopes on parliamentary politics, because that would be sad and ludicrous, but, at the same time, if it was pointless then you have to ask why the business class expends so many resources in subjugating parliament to its own interests. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1681
Categorization
- APHORISMS: A usable reasoning rule: the intensity of elite effort to control an institution is evidence of that institution’s real power.
- XREF: connects to: Industrialists wield influence by funding whichever party suits their balance of forces; Parliamentary rule achieved permanent urban-class hegemony through privately organised consent — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1952; Politics sustains permanent organizations by identifying with economics while transcending it — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 635 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Industrialists wield influence by funding whichever party suits their balance of forces
#corroborates(0.85) - Parliamentary rule achieved permanent urban-class hegemony through privately organised consent
#corroborates(0.82) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1952 - Holding office differs fundamentally from winning hegemony
#qualifies(0.80) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1736 - Regulated industries often capture their own regulators
#exemplifies(0.80) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 583 - Politics sustains permanent organizations by identifying with economics while transcending it
#qualifies(0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 635 - Big firms attract more credit and state support, reinforcing concentration.
#exemplifies(0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 134