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If you've been around for a while, and are willing to take off the rose-colored-glasses momentarily, you will realize it is not unprecedented.

Some of us have been howling about these issues for decades.

Who were the primary benefactors of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act? What about the CHIPS Act? Follow the money and you will be completely god smacked at the insanity that's being going on right under people's noses.

The riot is quelled by drawling people into their camps... left or right, red or blue, us vs. them.

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Do you want a cookie? Just because it’s taken others longer to recognize corruption doesn’t lessen the seriousness of the situation.

The "recognition" is dependent on which party is in office. That's the main point - the hypocrisy. As soon as Democrats win the Oval Office again, the screaming will cease, just as it always has - just as it always will.

"Our Side" can do no wrong, it's "your side" that's corrupt and evil. Republicans strongly asserted the Biden Administration was corrupt - and this was brushed aside by Democrats. Same as with Trump the first time around, Obama before him, Bush, so on and so forth.

People are being manipulated by their leaders because it's politically convenient and raises a lot of money.

More lazy both sides nonsense. Dems don’t put Elon in charge and let him tear the gov up.

Dems don’t tell ice to kidnap people in plain clothes

Just because corruption exists everyone doesn’t mean it exists equally. You’re pushing a lazy train of thought

> Republicans strongly asserted the Biden Administration was corrupt - and this was brushed aside by Democrats

As it should, republicans strongly asserting something does not mean much. It usually just mean they find the politician too popular. They "strongly assert" about 20 false accusations any given week. That is how the whole conservative machine works.

They admire Trumps criminality and frauds. As far as republicans are concerned, these make him cool and manly.

Yes it is unprecedented. I did not said there was no corruption before, I said not it is very blatant. Even for Trump himself - Trump 1.0 was massively corrupt, Trump 2.0 is even more corrupt.

The self dealing Musk does was not the norm previously, actually. Open successful extortion/destruction of law companies that sued politicians was not norm, now it is. President selling cars was not the norm, now it is. I could go on and on.

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