The ACLU are savvy litigators and picked a client our Supreme Court might be sympathetic to
Jails and prisons also purchase a ton of goods and services from for profit companies, who are all too happy to upcharge ("you can't put a price on safety!"), and the wardens just sign on the dotted line and hand the bill over to taxpayers
This documentary from about 20 years ago went to one of their tradeshows, and even back then they were talking about how it corrections was a billion dollar industry
with moderate politics
They'll do great for one campaign until they actually have to govern and then it's going to be 1996 and 2012 all over again and we'll barely scrape by (if we're lucky) against extremely beatable candidates. Moderates run good campaigns and terrible administrations because the average American voter has been propagandized into believing they want bipartisanship and small government when what they actually want is some affordable healthcare and housing which moderate politics are not going to deliver to them.
e; and actually the "do great for one campaign" thing might be optimistic or antiquated thinking based on how Biden barely won in 2020
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And this is precisely why no Republican should ever be allowed to win an election anywhere. Their whole party has been pro-racism and anti-democracy since they ran Goldwater on an anti-civil rights laws platform, and whenever the pressure is on the Adam Kinzingers and Liz Cheney's and Mitt Romney's of the world will always cave to the most heinous people and ideas within their party rather than accept some kind of political or policy defeat.
FYI, I edited my comment a bit while you were replying, I'm still not wrong (imo haha) but you should be aware
Well, at least now they know how the rest of us feel about undecided voters
e; But yeah, Biden was not good (and that is not good for democracy in America and the general well being of the rest of the world)
I don't find it that hard to believe, they're responding anonymously so they know it won't hurt their specific company's image, and the general message of "there's a lot of untrustworthy bullshit out there for job seekers (so if we do make an offer you better take it because your fallback plan might be a mirage) (and, y'know what, just in general - we have all the power here and we are going to lie to you and not feel bad about it because thats normal for us, so don't even think about complaining to anyone about it)" is one that serves all their interests
I think your "On the other hand etc." is a pretty accurate guess at specifically how they do this, tho
Their board has Microsoft and marketing execs and a venture capitalist and their advisory council has someone from the RNC at the top, hard pass
e;
I feel like most people can find something to agree on here
Do you think a political organization might misrepresent what they're about as a means to gain more power? Because that's happened, like, several times in human history
"We think this particular minion has reached the end of his usefulness, so here's one satisfying but ultimately very small victory to distract you from the gutting of anti-bribery laws, industry regulations, protections for unhoused people against arbitrary arrests, etc."