[amalcon]

I'd be careful normalizing bribery. It's very micro-efficient, almost definitionally, but the macro effects of normalized bribery are well known and not good.

[BirAdam]

Bribery is the actual normal function of US politics. That’s what lobbying really amounts to.

The USA has the best government that money can buy.

[shimman]

Until you get fascism or welfare reforms, hopefully you aren't on the chopping block by then.

[BirAdam]

To be clear, I am not saying this is a good state affairs; merely that it is the normal operating procedure for the USA.

[mohamedkoubaa]

Classic is ought fallacy