Politicians are politicians because they don’t actually need to do something as mundane as work for a living. Be it from inheriting wealth (most often the case), being lucky enough to own a highly successful company, vast wealth from stardom or sports, being at the right place and time to get a significant chunk of a startups cash out, or in a few cases from sketchier sources, all of them have reached the point where they can spend tens of thousands of dollars campaigning for office if not significantly more, and still have enough money to pay their bills and buy all their necessities. They are essentially the nobility of the US, and just like the old world nobility, most of them are the worst of what humanity has to offer, blindly pursuing ever more wealth and power with little or no regard for the rest of humanity or the collateral damage they leave in their wake.
I dunno man. Obviously being wealthy would help, but this dude had to sell drugs to afford his health insurance. He’s no senator, but he’s still holding an elected office. I feel like there’s a sweet spot of being just corrupt and not quite smart enough where you can be a successful politician.
You’re not wealthy enough.
Politicians are politicians because they don’t actually need to do something as mundane as work for a living. Be it from inheriting wealth (most often the case), being lucky enough to own a highly successful company, vast wealth from stardom or sports, being at the right place and time to get a significant chunk of a startups cash out, or in a few cases from sketchier sources, all of them have reached the point where they can spend tens of thousands of dollars campaigning for office if not significantly more, and still have enough money to pay their bills and buy all their necessities. They are essentially the nobility of the US, and just like the old world nobility, most of them are the worst of what humanity has to offer, blindly pursuing ever more wealth and power with little or no regard for the rest of humanity or the collateral damage they leave in their wake.
I dunno man. Obviously being wealthy would help, but this dude had to sell drugs to afford his health insurance. He’s no senator, but he’s still holding an elected office. I feel like there’s a sweet spot of being just corrupt and not quite smart enough where you can be a successful politician.