None of what’s going on in Congress is particularly new. The only thing that’s changed is whose pulling the strings.
It’s been decades maybe even well over a century or more since that body has even come close to representing ‘The People’. People easily forget the gilded age of America. Where it wasn’t uncommon for Americas Elite at the time. Carnegie, Rockefeller, Astor, Vanderbilt etc. To Brag about and conspire to purchase Congressmen, Judges, and even Presidents. To pursue the interests of themselves, or their companies versus the interests of the people who elected them.
Using the same tactics the Wealthy did in the Gilded Age I should think.
Promises of Wealth. And where that should fail threats and blackmail. Or perhaps a mixture of all three.
It is a defect somewhat inherent to Republicanism and to a lesser extent Classical Liberalism as a whole
There’s precious little to discourage elected Officials from working on behalf of Business and Corporate Interests. Or the interests of foreign powers in exchange for short-term material wealth. Instead of the interests of constituents. Outside of maybe Personal Honor and Ethics.
And Honorable and Ethical People. Who also desire local office. Let alone State and Federal aren’t in large supply.
None of what’s going on in Congress is particularly new. The only thing that’s changed is whose pulling the strings.
It’s been decades maybe even well over a century or more since that body has even come close to representing ‘The People’. People easily forget the gilded age of America. Where it wasn’t uncommon for Americas Elite at the time. Carnegie, Rockefeller, Astor, Vanderbilt etc. To Brag about and conspire to purchase Congressmen, Judges, and even Presidents. To pursue the interests of themselves, or their companies versus the interests of the people who elected them.
We have to reflect on how the USA was taken over by foreign sympathizers
Using the same tactics the Wealthy did in the Gilded Age I should think.
Promises of Wealth. And where that should fail threats and blackmail. Or perhaps a mixture of all three.
It is a defect somewhat inherent to Republicanism and to a lesser extent Classical Liberalism as a whole
There’s precious little to discourage elected Officials from working on behalf of Business and Corporate Interests. Or the interests of foreign powers in exchange for short-term material wealth. Instead of the interests of constituents. Outside of maybe Personal Honor and Ethics.
And Honorable and Ethical People. Who also desire local office. Let alone State and Federal aren’t in large supply.