[cjbgkagh]

While I agree it is unfair and it would be better if they didn’t, the reality is that there is a meta-game at a higher level and they are playing according to the meta-game rules. Part of the meta-game is to convince others to stay in the regular game sandbox which gives rise to the hypocrisy we are all familiar with. I don’t know what it would take to diminish the meta-gaming let alone eliminate it, it’s very hard to stop things that are very profitable. I also think we’re in the looting phase of corporatocracy. I think the result of this means the meta-gaming rapidly grows like a cancer to take over everything.

[judahmeek]

The Atlantic just wrote an article that references this concept: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/marjorie-taylor-gr...

They also have several older articles directly targeting insider trading by politicians.

[HumanOstrich]

Insider trading by politicians is not really what's being discussed. Rich people and corporations lobbying politicians is different.

[judahmeek]

I was talking more about the mentality of the politicians who "get the joke"