I'm finished with this. You're not even reading my posts, are you?
Yes, political elites benefit from being able to pass ridiculous laws without being questioned. They benefit from getting control over big chunks of taxpayer money that they can dole out to political supporters and poor dependent voters, just like they have done ever since politics was invented. No, they don't really care about solving the actual problems.
When people start asking questions like "how is that $54,000,000 for 'violence prevention in Chicago' actually being spent?", it's easy to accuse them of wanting black people dead to deflect their question. After all, you can't say "I blew the cash handing out jobs and gifts to win me my last election", can you?
Just like it's easy to attack people who question insane spending on military contractors by yelling "well, obviously you're on the terrorists' side! U dern't suppert ur trups!". Because saying "Lockheed Martin will put me on their board of directors when I quit politics" sounds pretty bad.
Guilt and accusations of guilt-by-association are useful political weapons, and always have been. End of story.
We're done. Let's get back to gaming. I still haven't finished X-COM '94.
Yes, political elites benefit from being able to pass ridiculous laws without being questioned. They benefit from getting control over big chunks of taxpayer money that they can dole out to political supporters and poor dependent voters, just like they have done ever since politics was invented. No, they don't really care about solving the actual problems.
When people start asking questions like "how is that $54,000,000 for 'violence prevention in Chicago' actually being spent?", it's easy to accuse them of wanting black people dead to deflect their question. After all, you can't say "I blew the cash handing out jobs and gifts to win me my last election", can you?
Just like it's easy to attack people who question insane spending on military contractors by yelling "well, obviously you're on the terrorists' side! U dern't suppert ur trups!". Because saying "Lockheed Martin will put me on their board of directors when I quit politics" sounds pretty bad.
Guilt and accusations of guilt-by-association are useful political weapons, and always have been. End of story.
We're done. Let's get back to gaming. I still haven't finished X-COM '94.