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[–]passionflounderIndependent 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

A slip like this fifty years ago would have caused quite a stir I think.

[–]bucetao6969 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You can't be shocked at what you already know.

[–]cunninglingus 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Wealthy assholes trying to control the state is as old as time. NBC merely pointed at one potential example.

[–]bucetao6969 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

This shit feels straight out of an saturday morning anime, the villain just makes a goofy-ass mistakes to allow the plot to continue

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

[–]bife_de_lomo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I thought it was all but confirmed that Stewart was a former MI6 officer, or at least deeply entangled in its workings.

I can't believe he was genuinely surprised that an invisible hand guides the operation of the civil service...

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not some knowing invisible hand.

It's just a bunch of old crusties who have no idea what the real world is like.

[–]bife_de_lomo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah that too!

[–]bucetao6969 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

invisible hand

that doesn't really make sense here, the "invisible hand" concept is mostly to refer to the free market not some deep state shit

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

LOL they dont need to hide it there was a whole court case the feds lost over exactly this

[–]bucetao6969 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Links?

[–]William_World 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

keks

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

good grief man do try to at least SOMEtimes pay attention to the news https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murthy_v._Missouri

[–]bucetao6969 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's hard when it's mostly just agenda bait

thanks for the link

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

haha you're welcome

[–]RR_2023 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Excellent find

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Andrew Jackson taught the leadership that voters should never be trusted.

[–]William_World 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)