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by pessimizer 1687 days ago
This is a shell game that masks motivations rather than revealing them.

If what you're saying is that the same corrupting influences from industry act on governments, then that's obviously true. If you're saying that the corruption of government emanates from somewhere other than the interests of business (or rather, the owners of business), I'd almost accuse you of dualism.

Grants, budgets, and sinecures are also handed out by the owners of industry/finance using the tool of government. Following the money always leads to the same place.

edit: all we can do is attack corruption loudly and specifically when we see it, and trust nothing until we have to. The result of that is anti-vax and a return to flat-eartherism, but what can you expect from a system that prioritizes the desires of tiny elites over truth?