• @Cosmicomical
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      17 months ago

      Of course they are, on what planet do you live?

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      -127 months ago

      Don’t play dumb. For most intents and purposes, the campaign IS the candidate.

      The candidate might not officially be allowed to personally benefit from campaign money, but the rules are lax and enforcement moreso.

      Add to that the fact that the success or the campaign is the success of the candidate and also that it’s a pay for play political system and it’s downright silly to pretend that a sizeable donation doesn’t amount to a bribe and/or that the corporations, lobby groups and (as in the case of AIPAC) foreign government propaganda arms don’t both expect and get more than their money’s worth in return.

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        Is there another explanation for Biden’s typical-for-a-professional-80yo net worth that may be more likely than webs of deceit, bribes, international money laundering, and influence peddling?

        Like, what if he just wasn’t that corrupt? And he has mostly worked as a public servant with a working-class background?

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          -157 months ago

          what if he just wasn’t that corrupt?

          Then he probably wouldn’t keep doing so many favors for the ones who keep giving him money.

          he has mostly worked as a public servant with a working-class background

          You’re naïveté is adorable 🤭

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            adorable

            and you seem like you’re at about a 14 to 16-year-old level of maturity regarding politics; railing-against-the-world, “my eyes are open, don’t you see what I see??”, polarized opinion and discourse untempered by personal experience of compromise or impossible situations, lack of empathy, and insistence on unrealistic all-or-nothing outcomes delivered immediately versus consistent, incremental improvement that takes hard work and nuanced understanding.

            • @Viking_Hippie
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              -127 months ago

              Typical “Enlightened Centrist” equating healthy skepticism towards and independently acquired factual knowledge about corrupt authority figures with immaturity and distemper 🙄

              Also fucking rich that you’re accusing me of a lack of empathy while defending one of the most powerful humans in the world siding with executives against workers and war criminals against innocent civilians and international courts 🤦

              That you can’t distinguish between the factual and reasonable criticism of a well-informed elder millennial and the sulking of an impatient teenager says a lot about you and little to nothing about me.