2 consecutive pro-corruption governments

I give Dems a partial pass -- in that their leadership engages in what I consider to be genteel corruption like being soft on monopolies and other less palatable but "business as usual" type of bullshit.

This is versus and administration that is aggressively doing no-bid contract to family and friends, complete disregard for the emoluments clause of the constitution, etc.

Note: the nature of a 2-party system, along with laissez-faire campaign finance laws, is practically designed for legislative corruption. Unfortunately the only people who can change it are the ones who profit from it.

	▲	jackb4040 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That aggression is a powerful political force. If democrats had used the same aggression to go after this type of corruption that Trump uses to go after latin americans, they would have ironclad popular support. The problem is that all their donors would withdraw. That contradiction is destroying them, they don't have an answer for it. It lost them the 2024 election, and will continue to do so until they invent another Obama. Then the problem with _that_ is, all the Obama types are now calling themselves socialists.

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nekusar 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

2?!

I can easily think of lots of corruption of the following: Trump, Biden, Trump, Obama, W Bush, Clinton, H Bush, Reagan.

Everybody follows neoliberal economics, and enables loads of corruption for their friends, families, and allies. All of them did that.

They ALL have been corrupt. The target of who the corruption is for changes.

	▲	jachee an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Not within the given time period. Only two there.