[mlthoughts2018]

I’m still not understanding. How is my comment distrustful? It’s just a factual description of a decision making and PR process.

The tone I imagine when I say something like “legislators only consider the desires of plutocrats” is like saying “plants survive by photosynthesis” or “the Efficient Markets hypothesis is only useful as an occasional approximation” or something - neutral observations of factual descriptions of how systems work.

“Cynical” implies a normative judgment, or some extended assumption as if my comment has anything to do with presumed self-interest or distrust of sincerity.

[techbio]

Cynical doesn't mean "wrong".

While I'm playing the reference material card:

Cynical

Antonyms of CYNICAL

positivist, cheerful, trusting, optimistic, positivistic, sentimental, impractical, undoubting, idealistic, naive, believing, hopeful, positive, trustful, rose-colored, romantic.

The worldview you describe isn't any of those.