system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: What are Lobbyists?

Example: people say there are special interest groups who "lobby" to keep marijuana illegal. What does that exactly mean?
gpt
Lobbyists are hired by a group of people to talk to legislators.  Their job is to persuade them into your way of thinking.

Suppose you owned a logging company and people said "We want to end logging!"  You would hire someone whose whole job it is to talk to the legislators and get them to vote no on banning logging.