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Why wouldn't Bernie and Trump be bought off?
Bernie because he's a good man, and he doesn't accept money from big companies. In fact, recently a pharmaceutical company paid him the maximum allowed amount (which is low, because he doesn't have a super PAC) and asked for a meeting with him. Bernie refused the meeting and donated the money to a good cause. It's not that they don't want to buy him off. It's that he doesn't accept the money.
Trump is so rich he doesn't need the money. I think he's accepting money from some people, but they know and he knows that he doesn't need them. So he can just do whatever he wants anyway. Now if he wants good things, that may be very good. But nobody knows what he really thinks, and I wouldn't take the risk.
Let's see, help the homeless, donate to actual good causes, random public services, stop evil geniuses from blowing up the moon. Stuff like that.
These are all good things, and I wouldn't want to stop you from doing them. However, everything is managed by politics. If the political system is broken, it doesn't help much if regular people try to clean up the mess. For example, helping the homeless. I heard that there are people who make food for them. That's great, and those are awesome people. But they shouldn't need to spend their time on that. Those people are homeless because politicians organized society in a certain way. The reason they did this is that it makes them and their rich friends slightly richer.
In short: you must fix the source of the problem (legalized corruption in politics) before worrying about everything caused by it (homelessness, endless wars, income inequality, obesity, climate change, health care costs, ...)
Bernie because he's a good man, and he doesn't accept money from big companies. In fact, recently a pharmaceutical company paid him the maximum allowed amount (which is low, because he doesn't have a super PAC) and asked for a meeting with him. Bernie refused the meeting and donated the money to a good cause. It's not that they don't want to buy him off. It's that he doesn't accept the money.
Trump is so rich he doesn't need the money. I think he's accepting money from some people, but they know and he knows that he doesn't need them. So he can just do whatever he wants anyway. Now if he wants good things, that may be very good. But nobody knows what he really thinks, and I wouldn't take the risk.
Let's see, help the homeless, donate to actual good causes, random public services, stop evil geniuses from blowing up the moon. Stuff like that.
These are all good things, and I wouldn't want to stop you from doing them. However, everything is managed by politics. If the political system is broken, it doesn't help much if regular people try to clean up the mess. For example, helping the homeless. I heard that there are people who make food for them. That's great, and those are awesome people. But they shouldn't need to spend their time on that. Those people are homeless because politicians organized society in a certain way. The reason they did this is that it makes them and their rich friends slightly richer.
In short: you must fix the source of the problem (legalized corruption in politics) before worrying about everything caused by it (homelessness, endless wars, income inequality, obesity, climate change, health care costs, ...)
