https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-lincoln-project-facing-multiple
The political class in the U.S. imagines they are better educated, better intentioned, and have better solutions than the rest of us and that we need their leadership. Reality intrudes. Government power corrupts. Get to close to the ring and you will do and say anything to preserve your sliver of power. Graft. Corruption. Lying. Theft. Imagine how corrupt you would be if you spent 47 years wielding power in Washington?