Plenty of voters KNOW their representatives are crooks. But they’re crooks on the “right side”, so they’re cool. They’re using their crookedness to push law through ethically void means that often border on legality, which is fine so long as they’re usually pushing their constituents agenda in doing so OR simply fucking over the other side. Those people voting for Jewish Space Lasers Marj and Child Sex Trafficking Gaetz know exactly who those people are, as do every single Twice-Impeached, Convicted Felon Trump voter. It’s not an awareness issue.
Politics in general is a self fulfilling prophesy. Genuine, honest people who stand for something and want to make a positive change through integrity and compromise do not typically last long in politics. Those who are ruthless have the advantage and those who are not either need to recognize, defy and outnumber the ruthless, or else fall to their level, or fail to see the change they’re fighting for. The job just incentivizes being a lying asshole.
“my guy is great but the rest of those crooks…”
FTFY.
Plenty of voters KNOW their representatives are crooks. But they’re crooks on the “right side”, so they’re cool. They’re using their crookedness to push law through ethically void means that often border on legality, which is fine so long as they’re usually pushing their constituents agenda in doing so OR simply fucking over the other side. Those people voting for Jewish Space Lasers Marj and Child Sex Trafficking Gaetz know exactly who those people are, as do every single Twice-Impeached, Convicted Felon Trump voter. It’s not an awareness issue.
Another factor is the idea that all politicians are crooks, making perceived crookedness seem irrelevant. This becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
Also that almost every election is a choice between a crook who’ll implement the policies you want, and a crook who won’t.
Politics in general is a self fulfilling prophesy. Genuine, honest people who stand for something and want to make a positive change through integrity and compromise do not typically last long in politics. Those who are ruthless have the advantage and those who are not either need to recognize, defy and outnumber the ruthless, or else fall to their level, or fail to see the change they’re fighting for. The job just incentivizes being a lying asshole.