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It truly astounds me that people just shrug and say "That's politics" when you point this sort of thing out. It was not always this way. There is a clear confl
by dforrestwilson1 11y ago
It truly astounds me that people just shrug and say "That's politics" when you point this sort of thing out.
It was not always this way. There is a clear conflict of interest.
- pbreit 11y agoWell at that level, it probably all cancels each other out.
- peteretep 11y ago> It was not always this way Citation?
- kzhahou 11y agoCitation: [1] The good ol' days.
- sb057 11y agoThe good ol' days being approximately 95 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal
- Grishnakh 11y agoWow, if that happened today, it wouldn't even be in the news, much less result in a scandal and someone going to prison.
- dforrestwilson1 11y agoHere's a book on the subject: https://books.google.com/books/about/Corruption_in_America.html?id=dctwBAAAQBAJ&source=kp_cover https://books.google.com/books/about/Corruption_in_America.h...