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Doris Wrench Eisler's avatar

So wrong headed, so very sad: these mad politicians should be turfed out. What's in it for them - kickbacks ?

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Feral Finster's avatar

They get the approval of The People Who Matter. If they didn't get that approval, they wouldn't be where they are today.

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Le Chat Noir's avatar

Kickbacks, and possibly blackmail if l they don’t do their bidding

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Doris Wrench Eisler's avatar

That's what Whitney Webb argues, and it's pretty convincing. I could name a head of state whose outlook and behaviour has done a 180 in office. Blackmail is the new secret weapon. Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins) was a reliable indication of society's steady progress towards fascism- and the jackboots have never really left the scene. Now it's turned inward, as well. Canada (small obliging country) is increasing healthcare payments by $50 billion a year for 10 years, with no strings. Definitely a gift to health care profiteers, bandits in suits, courtesy of the struggling middle class.

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Jeano's avatar

I know this is “conspiracy thinking” but I’ve always wondered what became of all the evidence from Jeffrey Epstein’s porn and sex slavery empire and how many of todays rubbery spined pols were/are caught up in it.

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david wong's avatar

Yes kickbacks, many politicians are in the pockets of the MIC.

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J Taff's avatar

No I believe that they just want to keep their jobs/positions and not get hurt. Mafia stuff. They can be replaced in a jiffy.

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