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Chicago doesn't stand for corruption, they demand it, yet voters continue to approve and send the same people back, so Chicagoans must also approve of the corru

Chicago doesn't stand for corruption, they demand it, yet voters continue to approve and send the same people back, so Chicagoans must also approve of the corruption.

JKCalhoun 3y ago
Unless the alternative is even more corrupt? Could be the lesser of two evils.
scarface_74 3y ago
I hate to get political. But the candidate leading in the polls by a wide margin for one of the major political parties has 91 indictments hanging over his head and loved by the “Christian right”. People don’t care about the ethics of their politicians.
- jacobsenscott 3y ago
  People vote for party, not person. But that's the only thing that really makes sense in a 2 party system.
- bluGill 3y ago
  You can see examples of this in all parties over many years. In a few cases you can find an example of people who decide to care, but overall if the corrupt person is mostly on their side humans will ignore corruption as "just a minor thing", while corruption on a different side is a major problem. I hope you take the above and examine everything closely to make sure you are not falling for it. Fight corruption where ever it is found, even if it is on your side.
  - scarface_74 3y ago
    Maybe rant?: Just so this doesn’t come across as a beat up on Republicans post, while I don’t agree with everything my states governor - Kemp -has done as far as policy, I’ve got to give him and the Secretary of State credit for not kowtowing to the crazies in his own party and standing behind the DA of Atlanta when the state legislators are trying to remove her to protect Trump https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/gov-kemp-says-special-session-remove-da-willis-election-investigation-will-not-happen https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/gov-kemp-says-speci... He also pushed through a ban on citizens arrest after what happened to Aubrey https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995835333/in-ahmaud-arberys-name-georgia-repeals-citizens-arrest-law https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995835333/in-ahmaud-arberys-n... I’m the last person to shill for Republicans. But I’ve got to give credit where it’s due
    - bluGill 3y ago
      Both parties have their good and bad points. And things go back and forth all the time.
- WC3w6pXxgGd 3y ago
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some_random 3y ago
Chicagoans only care that the streets are clean of trash and snow, that the poor people stay in their place, and the police keep up the security theater around where they live and work.

Chicago doesn't stand for corruption, they demand it, yet voters continue to approve and send the same people back, so Chicagoans must also approve of the corruption.

JKCalhoun 3y ago

Unless the alternative is even more corrupt? Could be the lesser of two evils.

scarface_74 3y ago

I hate to get political. But the candidate leading in the polls by a wide margin for one of the major political parties has 91 indictments hanging over his head and loved by the “Christian right”. People don’t care about the ethics of their politicians.

jacobsenscott 3y ago
People vote for party, not person. But that's the only thing that really makes sense in a 2 party system.
bluGill 3y ago
You can see examples of this in all parties over many years. In a few cases you can find an example of people who decide to care, but overall if the corrupt person is mostly on their side humans will ignore corruption as "just a minor thing", while corruption on a different side is a major problem. I hope you take the above and examine everything closely to make sure you are not falling for it. Fight corruption where ever it is found, even if it is on your side.
- scarface_74 3y ago
  Maybe rant?: Just so this doesn’t come across as a beat up on Republicans post, while I don’t agree with everything my states governor - Kemp -has done as far as policy, I’ve got to give him and the Secretary of State credit for not kowtowing to the crazies in his own party and standing behind the DA of Atlanta when the state legislators are trying to remove her to protect Trump https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/gov-kemp-says-special-session-remove-da-willis-election-investigation-will-not-happen https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/gov-kemp-says-speci... He also pushed through a ban on citizens arrest after what happened to Aubrey https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995835333/in-ahmaud-arberys-name-georgia-repeals-citizens-arrest-law https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995835333/in-ahmaud-arberys-n... I’m the last person to shill for Republicans. But I’ve got to give credit where it’s due
  - bluGill 3y ago
    Both parties have their good and bad points. And things go back and forth all the time.
WC3w6pXxgGd 3y ago
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some_random 3y ago

Chicagoans only care that the streets are clean of trash and snow, that the poor people stay in their place, and the police keep up the security theater around where they live and work.