ext_370466 ([identity profile] sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-03-20 02:15 am (UTC)

You don't think "power and prestige" can be found in the private sector?

Of course they can be found in the private sector. Just as well paying jobs can be found in the public sector.

What you're espousing is really every bit as naive and malleable as the mindset of wide-eyed souls who believe every politician is their friend and knows what's best. A person who sees every politician as "corrupt" and dishonest and out for number one is just as incapable of distinguishing between a candidate who will actually promote policies that help them and a candidate who won't.

That is a fair criticism, and I will concede the point. That said, who is more likely to be taken advantage of, he you trusts everyone, or he who trusts none?


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