alt Hacker News> They simply couldn't care less anymore about telling better lies than their predecessors.
4 years ago, people didn't fill their pockets on the current scale, and they also didn't pitch their own businesses under the cover of national interests.
> They simply couldn't care less anymore about telling better lies than their predecessors.
4 years ago, people didn't fill their pockets on the current scale, and they also didn't pitch their own businesses under the cover of national interests.
They absolutely did and have been doing so for centuries. Spoils system and all that. For a while they just got better at hiding it.