• explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    I think the problem is systemic. These representatives are vulnerable not just to bribery, but to threats as well. The core concept of giving your political power to another person introduces a principal-agent problem.

    • KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org
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      9 days ago

      That is true. Trump and his gang are basically mobsters. All his tactics, his whole past - comes out as mobster.