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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 383: Omicrony Capitalism
xp1337 12/19/21 4:29:52 PM #481:	HeroDelTiempo17 posted... It does if you offer him the choice between going to jail and getting on board with the bill! If the worst case scenario is we still don't pass any bills but Manchin's in jail I'm okay with that. Okay, ignoring the obvious corruption and illegality of that and just evaluating it as a "would it work?" idea. ...Why wouldn't Manchin just switch parties to the Republicans - immediately handing control to McConnell (as opposed to the status quo where at least Biden can try to futilely fight the court packing the Republicans cemented the past 7 years) - and probably win any such case against him (or settle) because rich white people don't go to jail anyway? Like that tactic only makes sense as satisfying a desire for revenge against Manchin's obstruction (and I'd still expect it to backfire and blow up spectacularly at that). It's entirely counterproductive to actually accomplishing policy goals. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? <cite>xp1337 posted [p:961052696] in Politics C... [t:79786697]...</cite> <quote>HeroDelTiempo17 posted... </cite> <quote>It does if you offer him the choice between going to jail and getting on board with the bill! If the worst case scenario is we still don't pass any bills but Manchin's in jail I'm okay with that.</quote>Okay, ignoring the obvious corruption and illegality of that and just evaluating it as a "would it work?" idea. ...Why wouldn't Manchin just switch parties to the Republicans - immediately handing control to McConnell (as opposed to the status quo where at least Biden can try to futilely fight the court packing the Republicans cemented the past 7 years) - and probably win any such case against him (or settle) because rich white people don't go to jail anyway? Like that tactic only makes sense as satisfying a desire for revenge against Manchin's obstruction (and I'd still expect it to backfire and blow up spectacularly at that). It's entirely counterproductive to actually accomplishing policy goals. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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