Depends on the part of the economic, cultural, political, etc. cycle you're in at the time. On top, ignorance truly is bliss. At the bottom, the ignorant are the ones who truly get "sucker punched". Anyone paying attention is not shocked by any of this. Congress has done nothing to benefit the American people in a long time (we're talking decades). Government is great and is required for the smooth operation of the nation. But government has been recursive and self-serving for a very long time. No 19 year old American drafted into the Marines received net gains from fighting in Vietnam. And the American people sure as shit didn't gain anything from invading Iraq with no gameplan. There are some younger Congress members who see this. Tulsi talks about how it really is in Congress on the JRE podcast here.
You don't have to agree with everything she stands for, but I do believe that she genuinely believes what she does is for the best. And we need more honest Congressional members like that.
Depends on the part of the economic, cultural, political, etc. cycle you're in at the time. On top, ignorance truly is bliss. At the bottom, the ignorant are the ones who truly get "sucker punched". Anyone paying attention is not shocked by any of this. Congress has done nothing to benefit the American people in a long time (we're talking decades). Government is great and is required for the smooth operation of the nation. But government has been recursive and self-serving for a very long time. No 19 year old American drafted into the Marines received net gains from fighting in Vietnam. And the American people sure as shit didn't gain anything from invading Iraq with no gameplan. There are some younger Congress members who see this. Tulsi talks about how it really is in Congress on the JRE podcast here.
You don't have to agree with everything she stands for, but I do believe that she genuinely believes what she does is for the best. And we need more honest Congressional members like that.