Hockey is an interesting analogy because there are all kinds of little “no-no’s” (hooking, tripping, etc). No one is banned from the game, only given a “brief timeout,” and only if the referee sees (and calls) it. So borderline unsportsmanlike tactics become part of the strategy: Do I risk holding onto my opponent to give our team an advantage, even if it means 2 minutes in the box?
Politicians likewise engage in all kinds of illegal/unethical activity because the advantage is worth the risk.
Well the Jan. 6 incident may have come close to this. If Pence did lose his head, there would have been a lot of chaos, causing trouble in the markets, economy, blah blah… so we did see some of the “corporate interests” give a stern finger-wagging over this event.
I don’t think the ultra-wealthy give a rat’s ass about “equality” or “liberty” or any of that. So long as the wheels keep turning.
