Okay, I’m gonna be the one to say it: things like this wouldn’t be believable in good faith if people weren’t so used to being fucked over by their politicians all the time.
Exactly. The fact that people didn’t even doubt it was real is a big problem, because it speaks of an extremely deep distrust of politicians. People saw it and just immediately went “yeah that’s par for the course.”
Okay, I’m gonna be the one to say it: things like this wouldn’t be believable in good faith if people weren’t so used to being fucked over by their politicians all the time.
Exactly. The fact that people didn’t even doubt it was real is a big problem, because it speaks of an extremely deep distrust of politicians. People saw it and just immediately went “yeah that’s par for the course.”