It almost feels like some districts are purchased by people with a lot of money to burn in order to give people the illusion of choice, and that way no matter which side or which candidate wins, we all lose.

This may be a controversial thing to say, because I know a lot of people feel that regulations and public oversight stand in the way of progress (while simultaneously demanding more accountability?), but it kinda seems like allowing uncapped and untraceable shadowy super pac money into politics, has made things so much worse.

Also, while I do feel there are cases where society definitely benefits from public-private partnerships (For instance, publicly funded research to develop a vaccine during a pandemic partnered with a private company that already has the capacity to manufacture that vaccine for millions of people, while still being monitored for compliance with federal regulations and guidelines), it seems that many private industries feel their role in these partnerships proves they’re an invaluable asset to society, and therefore should be allowed unchecked power and authority free of any regulations and oversight, in return for their “burden” of profiting from and saving humanity.

One might argue that even when the private industry has been called upon to help the American public, and achieved some really incredible things, private industry was never the “savior” of America. They were a product of the great country that allowed them to flourish. They were doing the bare minimum by returning what they owe America for their success, especially given the U.S. government generously (foolishly?) allowing them to rake in trillions of untaxed profits over several decades, with way less oversight and accountability than should have ever been legal (Sackler family).

Yet, when their country called on them to finally return the favor, and the private industry was simply asked to do what was owed to American society during the pandemic, (while still fucking profiting greatly), as always, they felt entitled to more.

Somehow, they always feel entitled to more, while they bleed America dry in return for less and less. They automate and outsource jobs, cut corners to save untaxed pennies, kill innocent people with their irresponsible greed, crash the economy, receive tax payer funded bailouts, destroy standard of living and opportunity, and still expect the United States to keep saying “thank you,” for their generosity and allowing them to repeat the cycle over and over again.