re: #145 elbruce

At some point, one has to look at all of that and conclude that they’re all for spending money on causing harm of any kind, and bitterly opposed to spending money on mitigating harm of any kind.

That’s one, in my opinion overly cynical, view of it. I don’t think it’s quiet that cruel. I believe the motivations are primarily about power, control and profit - on the scale of the next election cycle or two at the longest. It is a set of motivations woefully lacking in long view, or compassion. So not cruel - just selfish, shortsighted and often heartless.