You Don't Want To Know This Either

Taplin's commenters just keep giving and giving. I should go to bed. Early day.

We are, in short, ‘governed’ by a not-quite-open kleptocracy in collusion with a political class striving to make itself permanent. Though particular members have divergent concerns, they’re all distinguished by one characteristic – unrelenting self interest and a systematic disregard for the common good. Short of outright treason, this is a terrible trajectory for private and public leaders alike.