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Grift: the project of gaining power/wealth from the existence of a problem without any interest in even remotely attempting to solve the problem. If saying “th
by freen 4y ago
Grift: the project of gaining power/wealth from the existence of a problem without any interest in even remotely attempting to solve the problem.
If saying “the government is the problem” is an effective strategy for a person to gain political power, then that person is heavily incentivized to do everything in their power to make government ineffective.
See:
Complaining extensively about both high taxes and high gas prices yet uniformly voting against removing the gasoline tax.
Supporting the troops, yet voting against medical care for veterans.
- sokoloff 4y agoSee also: Calling for donations after the reversal of Roe v Wade. Disavowing the role of the party in power to control gas prices when they’re rising and then tweeting about how much they’re doing to save Americans money when gas prices are falling. As no fan of either major party, it’s amusing to me (and slightly sad) to watch true adherents point fingers at the other side. * - https://twitter.com/vp/status/1552050367822708737?s=21&t=83gsln1PB9JpVbbIhNbf0g https://twitter.com/vp/status/1552050367822708737?s=21&t=83g...
- freen 4y agoYeah, an armed insurrection by Neo-Nazis with the stated goal of a coup d’etat is certainly very centrist Democrat.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> Disavowing the role of the party in power to control gas prices when they’re rising and then tweeting about how much they’re doing to save Americans money when gas prices are falling You’re complaining about messaging not policy.
- sokoloff 4y agoIf I measured all of what is said, spent, and done in national politics, I would probably conclude that national politics is more about messaging and money than policy.