End the material conditions that incentivise this behavior and it will disappear. If politicians are required to pander to voters instead of bribes political donations sanity might return to us.
I usually agree with you, Linker. But definitely not here. Lobbying and AIPAC money are the crux of this situation. If it were still illegal bribery, like it actually is in reality, the denial would not be existent.
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I usually agree with you, Linker. But definitely not here. Lobbying and AIPAC money are the crux of this situation. If it were still illegal bribery, like it actually is in reality, the denial would not be existent.
So why do you think Biden dropped out?
That is a rare case of listening to constituents. You are right. Usually, they listen to donors over voters.
It’s not a rare case they had no choice. Biden was a guaranteed loss.
Losing just 5% of voters makes enough of a difference for the Democrats to change policy.
They listen to their donors, but in the end they cannot do that if they don’t get enough votes to get in power.
Most voters care about their candidate’s ability to be elected.