Proof of Burden @proofofburden.bsky.social

Many of you getting the impression that small town Indiana is ludicrously corrupt local businesses greasing their own pockets and, the thing is, yes

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Waffle Cut @wafflecut.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:16 UTC

I’m in Los Angeles and I can’t even keep track of how many corruption convictions we’ve had in the last few years. Two councilmen were going to Vegas and collecting casino chips from developers (which is a terrible way to collect bribes, as the casinos immediately flagged it).

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Proof of Burden @proofofburden.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:12 UTC

I'm not the first to observe that the Ur-Trump voter owns a car dealership, can't reliably get his kids to answer the phone, treats his employees like serfs, and is engaged in tax fraud of some kind

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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:14 UTC

Genuinely drives me insane that when people think "corruption" they think Congress reps fundraising and not "local sheriff and Ski Doo dealer," which is truly the mean corruption in the US.

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Sam Bam Thank You Maam @smarka.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:24 UTC

There’s small town Indiana corruption and there’s NW Indiana corruption. Like Pop Warner and the NFL

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🤖FM Radio @supremerobo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 05:32 UTC

*Especially* the Northwest

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:23 UTC

Small towns in the United States are mostly dying and exist on graft and incredibly low rates of agricultural return and medicare fraud

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