The random political thoughts thread

innerSpaceman · 02-09-2006, 12:25 PM

I remember there being a big wake-up call in this country after Watergate that finally got the message to everyone that politics were corrupt at the highest levels. It was (and remains) a watershed ... which is why - to this day - every single scandal is named "something-gate."

The shock and outrage about political corruption is not about it being new, but about it daring to continue once having been exposed. There's been a much more commonly American demand that corrupt shenanigans STOP, and far more outrage when it's shown they they have not.

02-09-2006, 12:25 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I remember there being a big wake-up call in this country after Watergate that finally got the message to everyone that politics were corrupt at the highest levels. It was (and remains) a watershed ... which is why - to this day - every single scandal is named "something-gate." The shock and outrage about political corruption is not about it being new, but about it daring to continue once having been exposed. There's been a much more commonly American demand that corrupt shenanigans STOP, and far more outrage when it's shown they they have not.
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