Word choice. Government officials, primarily unelected, conspired to secure supplies for their agencies first, and we're willing to knowingly lie and politicize

Word choice. Government officials, primarily unelected, conspired to secure supplies for their agencies first, and we're willing to knowingly lie and politicize to do it. Was it pragmatic? Sure. Morally right? Probably no, if ends don't justify means. Doesn't mean the pragmatic answer also wasn't a conspriacy.