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kleinbl00  ·  743 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 9, 2022

That reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the market, though. The money is made by spending some time legislating, developing some name recognition, and then pivot into lobbying.

Donations as a candidate have to be begged for every goddamn day. Donations as a lobbyist are invoiced. It's substantially easier. At a fundamental level, the guys who don't pivot into lobbying are there because they like the feeling of power, and the feeling of power is substantially diluted by failure.





Foveaux  ·  741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sometimes I see politics play out and I think "Man if i had less of a moral compass I'd probably do quite well in this realm." Then I look about 3cm deeper than the surface and back the fuck away.

kleinbl00  ·  741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

the year I started a cult

If I needed and wanted the attention of my fellow man a whole helluva lot more I'd fuckin' rawk at that shit.

Foveaux  ·  741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What an excellent tale.

Aside from the final line tying a neat bow on everything, I think my favourite part is "we seek your benefaction in pursuit of mechanical excellence". It just tickled me.