Impartial Capturing refers to a political condition in which the ostensible lines of ideological division are not merely blurred or skewed, but disregarded altogether. Most pronounced in the United States, where lobbying groups and political action committees finance candidates and policymakers across the full spectrum, it ensures bipartisan capture and near-total domination of policy. The arbitrary distinctions so often drawn between Republicans and Democrats become little more than stagecraft, designed to perpetuate the illusion of democratic choice while masking the deeper reality of systemic subservience to well-funded interests. Organisations such as AIPAC exemplify this mechanism, distributing influence across both parties to guarantee that their priorities remain unchallenged, irrespective of electoral outcomes. Though its clearest expression is found in America, variants of this phenomenon exist in other nations, where capital similarly transcends ideology to shape consensus, leaving the theatre of politics to obscure a predetermined order imposed by financial power.
In 2024, the U.S. military lobby spent about $151 million, spreading its influence across both parties. Defence contractors and their PACs donated approximately $43.5 million directly to candidates, with Democrats receiving roughly $19 million and Republicans $22.4 million. Lockheed Martin’s PAC split its funds 42% to Democrats and 58% to Republicans, while Raytheon gave 46% to Democrats and 54% to Republicans. This bipartisan distribution ensured industry priorities would be safeguarded regardless of electoral outcomes, a clear example of Impartial Capturing.
by DemocracySold September 03, 2025
Get the Impartial Capturingmug. by Arminkshipper July 16, 2024
Get the capturemug. Hym "There are more important things than audience capture and social media and I will murder those things if my case is not heard."
by Hym Iam February 02, 2024
Get the Audience Capturemug. After the corrupt relationship the former President of South Africa,Jacob Zuma had with a family generally known as the Gupta brothers,any form of government collusion with anyone to squander State funds is now called State Capture
by Xovizwe Mgubhela November 12, 2022
Get the State capturemug. When a group or organisation is infiltrated by those representing minority interests in such a way that they gain significant influence or control and then use this to push their desired agenda.
Activist capture is usually a deliberate process initiated by outsiders of the group or organisation. Tactics include: *Making demands for representation, often citing a lack thereof
*Calls for allyships
*Forming of a bloc that is used to drown out individual members and amplify their own voices
* Liberal use and accusations of "isms" and "phobias" designed to force compliance through fear
*Threats or intimidation if the above doesn't work
Activist capture is a strategy used when it is highly unlikely that a brand new group representing activist interests will gain anywhere near the power or influence of the existing one.
Activist capture is usually a deliberate process initiated by outsiders of the group or organisation. Tactics include: *Making demands for representation, often citing a lack thereof
*Calls for allyships
*Forming of a bloc that is used to drown out individual members and amplify their own voices
* Liberal use and accusations of "isms" and "phobias" designed to force compliance through fear
*Threats or intimidation if the above doesn't work
Activist capture is a strategy used when it is highly unlikely that a brand new group representing activist interests will gain anywhere near the power or influence of the existing one.
by 77ax March 29, 2021
Get the activist capturemug. A person in owass who is a dinning God and always a table head. Most recognized captures in owass are Kwabena Sarpong (Bz 181) and Kpegah Wilmer(Bz 147)
by Rev. Fr. Stephen Owusu Sekyere April 21, 2022
Get the Capturemug. The psychological or practical state of expectation to be successful in convincing another person (usually seen as somehow inferior or exploitable) to have a task completed for you, usually by means of charm, coercion, baiting, promising a particular desired reciprocation, or to be able to exercise a particular privilege. It is rarely acknowledged and usually expected to not be seen as morally or ethically inappropriate or unacceptable, and may or may not cause one psychological distress depending on a real or expected outcome of success, the person’s own moral or ethical awareness, social normalization of the action of simp capture, or real or perceived perception of personal ineffectiveness in doing the desired action themselves.
Dude knows the ladies fall all over him and he expects to treat them however he wants or to get whatever he wants from them. He’s simp captured and doesn’t even know it!
by Jamesy801 June 19, 2024
Get the Simp Capturemug.