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The well connected politically is the weird thing about this to me. I think we can all agree that trafficking is…bad. Yet there seems to be this strange politi
by brightball 3y ago
The well connected politically is the weird thing about this to me.
I think we can all agree that trafficking is…bad. Yet there seems to be this strange political push back against anti-trafficking efforts.
I’ve seen it for years to the point of pretending it’s not even a problem. The recent political reaction to Sound of Freedom, which was not a political movie, is just the latest example.
It’s one of the most worrisome aspects I’ve seen in general “politicize everything” trends.
- xwolfi 3y agoPolitics is a fancy name for "controlling the rules well enough to be able to prospect my little business". Politicians are not all ideologically positive and benevolent, or even patriotic or nationalist, some are really just trying to find a way to do business better. One of the worst banana republics in that regard are the USA: here in China we'd never let a frigging casino operator rule the country, we have a small pride still.
- whimsicalism 3y agoBo Xilai literally was on the Politburo and laundered massive amounts of casino money from Macau internationally.