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It is all very simple.

It is all about corruption and money.

Most Americans would prefer living on an estate in Beverly Hills than in a house with bars on the windows in South Central.

Play the game with anyone called “What’s Your Price?”

Every person has a price even if they deny at the beginning that they do.

Here is the deal. The person in the game lives a “regular life” with a mortgage, car payment, kids, medical insurance and car insurance etc. Their budget leaves a little for savings and a few weekend getaways.

Offer this person an amount of money to get a divorce for no real reason. They will keep saying “no” until you get up in the hundreds of thousands. Maybe until a few million. But keep upping the price and eventually something will click in this persons head to make them take the money and run.

Their thoughts of lounging on a beach in Tahiti with no responsibilities overtakes the love they had for their wife/husband and kids.

Bribes to members of Congress. Progressive anti-war candidates who support Medicare for All and who want to see the homeless problem solved and who are anti-US interventionism will quickly change their tune when big checks and power are dangled over their hands.

Think AOC. She was about all these things then she was read “The Riot Act” in Pelosi’s office and suddenly she did a 180.

So, play that game with anyone and keep a tally of how many will “take the money and run” and how many stick to their principles and love.

Corruption rules.

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The usual guilty one: greed and corruption. Honesty used to be the best medicine....alas, no longer. Or perhaps something in the drinking water? :-)

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