• collapse_already@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Does Musk have a security clearance? Has he accessed documents for programs that he hasn’t been read in? I would go to jail if I did the latter. Our country’s security is being compromised and no one is doing anything.

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      49 minutes ago

      Yes, you’d go to jail because you’re not rich. Remember, laws for thee, not for me

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    3 days ago

    You mean the Hillary Clinton who said that it was okay to have different public versus private opinions on things, as an elected official, who got PAID to give speeches to wall Street, who used her influence to get the apparatchiks of the party to tip the scales in 2016 to ensure that SHE would be the nominee instead of an anti neo liberal who could have put up an amazing contrast to djt instead of her neoliberal centrism? The one who insisted that SHE needed to be president, and who very much helped us to get into the situation we find ourselves in today? Oh, cool. I am very much interested in what she has to say, because of course she holds the interests of the country above her own

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      2 days ago

      who said that it was okay to have different public versus private opinions on things, as an elected official

      I mean, I actually agree with this in theory. An elected official may not personally agree with something, even if they’re willing to vote it in. That’s just the nature of politics, because a representative should actually represent the people who voted them in, even if they don’t agree with every single fine detail. Sure, it’s worth examining whether their private opinions are affecting their public voting record. But at least in theory, there’s nothing wrong with voting differently than what your personal opinion would dictate.

      For instance, what if a closeted racist gets voted in, but votes for DEI initiatives because it’s what their voter base would want? Sure, that’s a rare example, but it would be possible and should even be encouraged in that instance. In practice, it’s more likely that the closeted racist would get elected and then try to enact racist policies that align with their racist views. But at least on paper, the idea of “representatives shouldn’t have to agree with every single thing they vote for” is sound.

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        16 hours ago

        At best, that is the nice way to describe treason.

        I’m sorry but I think you fail to understand how this plays out in the real world, and you are justifying elected officials lying to the public.

        Your devotion to the “team” is requiring you to perform mental gymnastics which demand that you ignore the obvious and then come up with an idealistic situation that justifies being lied to.

        That is crazy scary