Because politicians do what they're told by the people who control them, the donors, and are vulnerable to public opinion. Brock with his propaganda can sway vast swathes of the public. It's a damning indictment of power and political culture
True, it is strange, is Brock higher on the list? They're hardly facting in the influence that comes with providing children or drugs? I know back in the day Larry King would have been named one of the most influential in political circles, and I spose the rumours were around that he was into chikldren and drugs, the supply of them... hard to know what it is that GQ is saying, because there surely is no legitimate way he should be this powerful, unless they're factoring in illegal things....
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ZalesMcMuffin ago
So a S.O. of David Brock is more powerful than 90% of the actual members of the US federal government? Howzat work?
jonnythaiwongy9 ago
Because politicians do what they're told by the people who control them, the donors, and are vulnerable to public opinion. Brock with his propaganda can sway vast swathes of the public. It's a damning indictment of power and political culture
ZalesMcMuffin ago
But Brock wasn't the 49th guy on the list. Alefantis was.
jonnythaiwongy9 ago
True, it is strange, is Brock higher on the list? They're hardly facting in the influence that comes with providing children or drugs? I know back in the day Larry King would have been named one of the most influential in political circles, and I spose the rumours were around that he was into chikldren and drugs, the supply of them... hard to know what it is that GQ is saying, because there surely is no legitimate way he should be this powerful, unless they're factoring in illegal things....
ZalesMcMuffin ago
Hence why we carp on and on about it. ;-)