It’s worth stating that this is showing just the private company contributions (private as in not owned by national governments). State-owned oil companies of various nations contribute massively as well, so beyond the bribes lobbying problem there’s a direct conflict of interest for many nations that get a substantial amount of revenue from those state-owned oil companies.
Which makes the graph sort of misleading. Nationalising or abolishing shell wouldn’t solve the problem. It might help, but we need wayy wayyy wayyyy more than that.
It’s worth stating that this is showing just the private company contributions (private as in not owned by national governments). State-owned oil companies of various nations contribute massively as well, so beyond the
bribeslobbying problem there’s a direct conflict of interest for many nations that get a substantial amount of revenue from those state-owned oil companies.Exactly. Don’t spare the governments.
in fact this is in the lead of the shell wikipedia page:
Which makes the graph sort of misleading. Nationalising or abolishing shell wouldn’t solve the problem. It might help, but we need wayy wayyy wayyyy more than that.