Comments on: Is a puzzlement. https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/10/is-a-puzzlement/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:15:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/10/is-a-puzzlement/#comment-42831 ER Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:44:23 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=75374#comment-42831 You're absolutely right, of course, corporate crime is scrupulously bipartisan and non-ideological, and the corruption is distributed ecumenically along the entire political spectrum. But it is the Republican party that eagerly associates itself with the agenda and ethos of the donor class, and in fact, declare it to be a moral and civic virtue. The Democrats are far from being innocent of criminal activity, but at least they don't engage in it openly and proudly. They have the decency to cover it up. You’re absolutely right, of course, corporate crime is scrupulously bipartisan and non-ideological, and the corruption is distributed ecumenically along the entire political spectrum.

But it is the Republican party that eagerly associates itself with the agenda and ethos of the donor class, and in fact, declare it to be a moral and civic virtue. The Democrats are far from being innocent of criminal activity, but at least they don’t engage in it openly and proudly. They have the decency to cover it up.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/10/is-a-puzzlement/#comment-42829 RL Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:32:20 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=75374#comment-42829 What explains the paradox is the fact that the 'donor class' owns such businesses and donates strategically to both sides of the aisle. What explains the paradox is the fact that the ‘donor class’ owns such businesses and donates strategically to both sides of the aisle.

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