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Give the U.S. ten years and "clientelism" will have become a household word.

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.

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