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I hear people saying the 'most corrupt candidate ever!' about both candidates. More about HRC than Trump though. For some reason I doubt both assertions.
by ovidnis 10y ago
I hear people saying the 'most corrupt candidate ever!' about both candidates. More about HRC than Trump though. For some reason I doubt both assertions.
- tptacek 10y agoLook, if you're a Trump supporter, I exempt you from criticism about support for Wikileaks. As a Trump supporter, your support for Wikileaks is totally coherent.
- ovidnis 10y agoI'm not a Trump supporter, I just don't think Trump is any more corrupt than HRC
- throwaway729 10y agoTrump's corruption and naked greed is overt and out-in-the-open. He's even proud of it. Clinton's happens in secret and is masked by insincerity, lies, etc. I think there's a brain glitch at play here -- corruption in the style of Clinton feels more corrupt because it's secretive, even if the out-in-the-open corruption is just as bad or worse.
- effie 10y agoGeorge Carlin explained this phenomenon in a brilliant way: https://youtu.be/bu3hy4OMX38?list=RD07w9K2XR3f0&t=265 https://youtu.be/bu3hy4OMX38?list=RD07w9K2XR3f0&t=265 Only this time, it seems the Clintons were trumped...