Originally Posted by Excargodog

Only the latest bit player in a thousand years of history. Much like key impeachment witness Alexander Vindman on the other side. Lots of people involved with very divided loyalties. One could also make an issue of a politicians son being paid $50k a month to be on the board of a company whose meetings he didn’t attend and whose language he didn’t understand. There are no good guys in these scenarios. Corruption in European politics is as old as Europe itself. Nobody seems to think it’s improving either…





https://www.transparency.org/en/press/gcb-eu-2021-people-concerned-government-corruption-business-politics-survey-reveals


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