How is it corruption? Any automaker could have chosen to build their factories here. Tesla did. Others chose not to. Shouldn’t they be lauded for that?

Apple builds phones in China, but Teslas are built in Oakland. I just find it pretty cool.

I thought "lobbying" is already a household word :)

I don't think lobbying implies your rep having a bedroom in White House.

And perhaps "state capture", which is a term I first heard from South Africans.

Edit: incidentally, only mentioning SA as academics there developed the theory around it, to the best of my knowledge.

Yep. 3 Months ago:

> The implicit justification for valuing Tesla now is not "we sell good cars", it is state capture.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43023325

Indeed I also heard it in context of South Africa. But Wikipedia also has other, earlier examples too.