Like Ajit? GOP always staffs agencies like regulatory capture is the end game.

kristopolous · 2025-01-03T20:02:48 1735934568

There's really two ways to read that behavior:

1. bad faith: They're a corrupt band of thieves trying to plunder our pocketbooks

2. good faith: They're ideologically committed to this strategy and believe it is beneficial

I think I can argue #2 from a GOP perspective but I've always found their arguments to be thoroughly unconvincing so I don't know if I truly understand it.

It's much easier to handwave people away as corrupt and incompetent but that's effectively a stand-in for any power broking behavior you don't understand.

whoitwas · 2025-01-03T20:25:14 1735935914

I never claimed incompetence. They're very effective.