That’s all governing is now though. Prostrate yourself to gather up as much money so you can buy your next election and smuggle enough away to enrich yourself or at least pay for all the nice things you want and then provide sound bites to keep your political party relevant while you rely on the already existing infrastructure that you pray doesn’t deteriorate further while you are in office so that you don’t have to do anything.

The problem is that it’s all been in place for so long that we aren’t going to do anything if it costs money or effort and the elder elites of the party set the standard of money being the most important metric for your contributions to the government and party that its all you can focus on.

We are back to positions being mostly an indicator of money and family conmections which is why young power hungry men like the Republican party more simply because the threshold is lowered if you are engrained enough in their political zeitgeist.

The empire is receeding but those in power don’t care as long as they get to enjoy the fruit of their parents labor just a little bit longer.