• HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    I assumed that was the point of think tanks.

    They are all paid. So tend to exist to further corporate interests. Such interests rarely align with society as a whole.

    It is basically paying smart people, to lobby the voters, as well as politicians.

  • nohaybanda [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    “Shit’s tainting the sewer system” ass title. Think tanks exist to launder the policies oligarchs want implemented. It’s not a bug, it’s not even a feature, it’s the very reason this system exists and operates the way that it does