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> Right now, it hardly rates This is an underrated commentary. I'm continually amazed at what transpires in the public forum, leading me to believe that the U
by balls187 7y ago
> Right now, it hardly rates
This is an underrated commentary.
I'm continually amazed at what transpires in the public forum, leading me to believe that the US Government has been corrupt for quite some time, but never out in the open.
Or, it could be like this https://youtu.be/aI0euMFAWF8 https://youtu.be/aI0euMFAWF8
- ars 7y ago> leading me to believe that the US Government has been corrupt for quite some time, but never out in the open. I feel the same way - Trump is not different from other presidents, except that he does everything right out in the open, while the other Presidents kept a veneer of respectability on things. Turns out most people really prefer to believe that everything is above board.
- ethbro 7y agoThere is variance in all things. Believing that the absence of visible corruption is still proof of equivalent invisible corruption is unreasonable. And side note: corruption in politics is a weighted term. From one perspective, politics is literally the business of corruption. I.e. how to use democratic support to influence policy and procurement. In the US, until ~1878 (Rutherford B. Hayes presidency), it was the overt policy of both parties that political contributions were the price of office. And it took the assassination of James A. Garfield in 1881 by a spurned, insane spoils seeker to finally pass reform into law.
- balls187 7y agoWe only have to look at our stance on eating meat vs factory farming. Or, "ignorance is bliss." It's one thing to not be secretive of impropriety--it's another thing to boast about it.