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The commercial position pipeline is the aftermath of the problem. When an industry like Big Tobacco can call up someone their long time government whore McConnell, they know he will put out every time. If they have to contend with someone new every few years, you might get a few people who have actual principles, and tell them to pound sand.
If we get enough of principled people, we can end lobbying for good.
He’s doing pretty well cultivating a new generation of Democrats not beholdened to Corporations and AIPAC. Mamdani, platner, AOC, etc are crushing polls.
Does it? Seems to me that it’d speed up the representative to commercial position pipeline.
The commercial position pipeline is the aftermath of the problem. When an industry like Big Tobacco can call up someone their long time government whore McConnell, they know he will put out every time. If they have to contend with someone new every few years, you might get a few people who have actual principles, and tell them to pound sand.
If we get enough of principled people, we can end lobbying for good.
Like Bernie?
He’s doing pretty well cultivating a new generation of Democrats not beholdened to Corporations and AIPAC. Mamdani, platner, AOC, etc are crushing polls.
When do you want AOC out of Congress?
By 2032 ish, 12 years of service is plenty.