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They're all just different heads of the same hydra. "Uniparty" might be a term you're familiar with. All the political catfighting is just kabuki theatre to giv
by Dalewyn 2y ago
They're all just different heads of the same hydra. "Uniparty" might be a term you're familiar with. All the political catfighting is just kabuki theatre to give the notion power is changing hands.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI'm pretty sure that the Powers That Be didn't want the Fair Labor Act, or the Clean Air Act, or the Pure Food and Drug Act, or a number of other things. They may not care who is president, but on issues that they do care about, they still take some losses.
- bombcar 2y agoLarge companies always fight against laws regulating them that didn't exist before; but once they exist they always fight for extending them so that new competitors can't arise. "Democracy doesn't effect much" is not the same as "it does nothing at all".
- oneshtein 2y ago> They're all just different heads of the same hydra. s/hydra/nation/