I would love to see someone explain, whether it’s trump or any other person, how paying extortion/bribes is not WHY the corporate/political cabal exists to begin with.
And why slicing your own throat, is ‘just good business’. Because ultimately it’s the definition of crony capitalism, the very thing that has destroyed our market system.
If businesses can’t get something done legally because a pol refuses to do their job without a kickback or a cash payment, then businesses should be taking them to court where possible or using that money, along with other businesses money, to buy air time and exposing it.
That would be good business because they would be preventing future issues/payments with/to corrupt pols.
You call it bribes..others call it the price of doing business....and “the corporate/political cabal” as you call it has always been a part of the political climate at all levels.
You seem to want to make right all the perceived wrongs in the business and political world. By ‘what measure’ do you determine what’s good business?
There are many who attempt, and some succeed, in making wrongs right...but on the whole the entire country, from politics to medicine, to education etc...where ever there are revenue flows you will surely find corruption of one sort or another.....you do pay to play as is said.
You can go all the way back to school years and see this playing out in classrooms as well....money matters...yes it’s a “tool” but the more excess one has the more influence in areas of interest.
Trump well knows the game...and the players in the game....and likely knows who has the revenues...which equals power to influence and for Trump that’s an advantage he can use for whatever he chooses, keeping in mind the world he plays in does likewise.