I'm convinced that governmental positions of power only attract psychopaths and people of low moral character (with very few exceptions, Trump being one). I'm about at the point of thinking we should just bribe these people to act in the best interest of Americans ourselves. The sheer amount of corruption in politics is staggering, it seems like it would be more cost effective to just payoff leaders via the taxpayer.
Like "here's millions of dollars! don't screw us over!". Ideally, leaders should not even be "bribable", but I'm convinced that's not even possible. So why not just pay them off via taxpayers? I'm sure it would be cheaper!
Of course that leaves out blackmail and threats in order to control these people, I'm sure that would remain effective. It just seems that anyone who is sane and good, would just never get into politics. We're being ruled by narcissists and psychopaths.
I don't actually think this is a solution :( , but man am I fed up. How do you attract ethical and principled people into politics? Absolutely anyone that I think would be a good leader, would not want to be anywhere near politics, would not even want to have that kind of power. I guess I'm just ranting here, but hope and pray that the plan is real, and we can eliminate sociopaths from any form of leadership.
I actually did ask my state assemblyman how much we’d have to come up with to get him to represent us instead of Speaker Robin Vos in the Wisconsin Legislature…no answer.
1800s UK actually had very low levels of corruption. The key was that the public officials had very little power, so it wasn't worth bribing them.
If the USA would stick to the actual constitution, Congress would only exercise their enumerated powers in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Anything outside of that should be made null and void.
I like your thoughts. But do we have enough money to pay them when the opposing team is threatening them or their family with some sort of private humiliation, injury or assassination?
How do we fix that? Unless we can literally permanently arrest all of the truly evil ones, this won't get better.
Yeah, like I said, I don't think this is an actual solution. But something like "You are a piece of shit that will sell out to the highest bidder, so why can't the highest bidder be the American people?" Integrity has completely vacated politics.
As far as I can find, every single person in a position of substantial power is a member of the Aristocracy. No one "makes it" in the federal government (with the possible exception of a few House members) unless they are of "the right stock." Not only do they generally come from families with a fair bit of wealth (at the minimum), but they all have family names, on both sides of their parentage, that go back to the Aristocrats of Europe (mostly Dutch and English).
"It's not what you know, it's who you know."
Except it's really not. It's really "who you're daddy (and mommy) is."
This hidden aristocracy have opportunities that most do not have. That is how they make it to where they are. In addition to often having a decent nest egg to start with due to wealthy parents, they are often groomed from the get go in their "private schools" to become leaders. When they apply to membership of the exclusive clubs, their membership is granted. When they apply to the best schools and/or programs, they are accepted. They get the loans they need to start their businesses. They get the fellowships they need to do their research. They get tenure, etc. They live a "blessed" life.
It's not "blessed," it's guided.
This hidden Aristocracy isn't just about your genetics however, it's also a Meritocracy. You can't just be "born to it," you must also be "good enough."
If, after their hand fed opportunities, a person of this ilk is successful enough, they get offered "advancement.' This advancement leads to things like sex parties, or other morally compromised adventures. The sex parties are designed to encourage more and more depravity as time goes on, with hand fed opportunities to go further. The more morally compromised they choose to be, the more likely they will advance in their career as well. Once they start having sex with minors, they are caught. The CIA films it, they are compromised, and they know it.
That is not the end of the blackmail system, that is just the beginning. It gets far, far worse. The more depraved the actions, the more religious their beliefs (ritual sacrifice e.g.), the higher they can move in society.
I'm fairly certain that no one makes it without being compromised in this fashion. People don't want to hear it, because they want to believe their favorite heroes didn't succumb, but I suggest that is not true. NO ONE makes it without being compromised. That is how the system is designed, and it has been that way for at least 150 years, though I think it is likely it has been that way for a few thousand.
Yes, they are all psychopaths. That is by design of the system. Some are more psychopathic than others. Some like the depravity. I think some have allowed themselves to be compromised just to be allowed to play the game. But they are all psycho to one extent or another, in the sense that they have, at some point, allowed themselves to put their own advancement above We The People, and they have all been groomed, from their birth, to take up positions of power.
Highest bidders win unfortunately. And that's not us and our tax dollars. Our tax dollars as "bribes" would be mere appetizers to the juicy entrée big businesses, pharma, and other special interests provide.
I agree. We need to richly reward, and fund all credible whistleblowers. They can have my tax dollars, as long as they are testifying to crimes committed by govt. officials, and contractors. Pay them bigly- hundred's of thousands, millions even in some cases.
Make it worth getting govt. positions just to be able to retire at a young age as a rich whistleblower. Thank you for your service.