You're right, it was intended to be read humorously. The argument I alluded to is that there is an internally consistent viewpoint in which the government acti

You're right, it was intended to be read humorously. The argument I alluded to is that there is an internally consistent viewpoint in which the government action at hand is genuinely corrupt and supporting crony capitalism. In this worldview, one that I think there's a strong chance that Sunde adheres to, he's not being whiney, he's taking rational actions.