Remember, rich f*cks don't donate to politicians, they invest in them. Since the politicians have to give them more money in return than they receive (that's good business, eh?) in order to continue receiving "investments," they have to use tax payer money (the only money politicians have) stripped from government social programs. The …
Remember, rich f*cks don't donate to politicians, they invest in them. Since the politicians have to give them more money in return than they receive (that's good business, eh?) in order to continue receiving "investments," they have to use tax payer money (the only money politicians have) stripped from government social programs. The only thing that protects us from full-on kleptocracy is...the oath of office.
Seems small, doesn't it? But few things are as powerful as an honorable person, in a position of responsibility, who cares more for their oath than for money.
Yup. The system has assumed the good faith of our public servants, and the four years under TFG showed us the weakness of that assumption. It's harder and harder for our MOCs to act in good faith thanks to Citizens United making them bought and paid for by the highest bidder.
Oh, you betcha, having to hold to one's oath while being tempted by gobs of free money on one hand and the threat of ignoble defeat on the other seems to call for superhuman rectitude. (See how priggish that word sounds to our ears, "rectitude?" But all it means is "morally correct behavior or thinking" -- a bad thing?) In the end, that fragile oath is the only thing that guards us, for no amount of law can forever stop the rapaciousness of the venal and corrupt.
Remember, rich f*cks don't donate to politicians, they invest in them. Since the politicians have to give them more money in return than they receive (that's good business, eh?) in order to continue receiving "investments," they have to use tax payer money (the only money politicians have) stripped from government social programs. The only thing that protects us from full-on kleptocracy is...the oath of office.
Seems small, doesn't it? But few things are as powerful as an honorable person, in a position of responsibility, who cares more for their oath than for money.
Yup. The system has assumed the good faith of our public servants, and the four years under TFG showed us the weakness of that assumption. It's harder and harder for our MOCs to act in good faith thanks to Citizens United making them bought and paid for by the highest bidder.
Oh, you betcha, having to hold to one's oath while being tempted by gobs of free money on one hand and the threat of ignoble defeat on the other seems to call for superhuman rectitude. (See how priggish that word sounds to our ears, "rectitude?" But all it means is "morally correct behavior or thinking" -- a bad thing?) In the end, that fragile oath is the only thing that guards us, for no amount of law can forever stop the rapaciousness of the venal and corrupt.
Exactly.