| Donald Trump was very much the head of the executive branch in the United States for four years. He may not have written laws but he certainly signed many into law. But, it was broken before he came in and I honestly don't know much about the bills he signed into law. I would agree with the greater point that might be getting made here is that it's all of Washington, DC gaming the laws and using their democratically elected "for the people" powers for personal inurement. I will never judge private citizens for using any law to their advantage. After all, a private citizen is just leveraging what everyone else can. Unfortunately, we know who writes the laws but the voters in states rarely replace their senators and representatives. I wish this was less of a "team sport" where my guy who is "conservative" or "liberal" has to win and people would be willing to fire a senator or a representative for just one term so our elected officials are reminded who they work for and that we may vote them out at any time. We don't have term limits for these seats but through voting we effectively /could/ replace them every cycle if we wanted. I have a friend who owns businesses. His business is part of a larger non-profit association and this association lobbies capital hill every year. He personally goes up there and has conversations with them once a year for our state. He like to share a story where he was waiting to meet with a member of the house. The representative came out of his office, his assistant was helping him put on his jacket and he asked his assistant "What is this vote for?" .. He gets his answer and then he asks -- "How are we voting?" ... presumably asking how his party is voting or how his majority whip wants him to vote. I like this verbiage from a specific website (pragmaticvoters.com): A pragmatic voter understands that a politician who is afraid of losing their position is a politician that is willing to govern for the better interest of the people. Politicians should always fear losing their jobs. Through voting, we remind them who they work for.
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I think you should consider that this is something that can be manipulated to achieve the end goals of people like Yass. Current political strategy is to appeal to the extremes rather than the centers. Culture wars and the like are used to exploit people’s biases in social issues and help wedge apart the center.