Because they are not conservatives. They have been elected to the Republican Party but they are first and foremost politicians as a class. If they stand up for principles, they get ostracized from the club.
They are upper class and don't want to lose that privileged position. You can see the same thing on the other side where someone like AOC came from "humble beginnings" spouting class conflict and are now just completely integrated into upper class society.
They still have to play the part and say their lines correctly but they are all actors on the same stage. They have much more in common with their "opponents" than they do with the audience. When the curtain closes and intermission is called, they are hanging out back-stage with one another, not with you.
Good observation. It's funny, really. I already knew this, and yet I still needed to be reminded.
AOC clearly entered the game as a poltician who genuinely believes most of the inane drivel that comes out of her mouth, but it's funny watching her transformation turning into a full on grifter like the rest of them.
She changed her vote on Iron Dome funding from 'No' to 'Present', obviously sacrificing her actual belief for more acceptance in the grift club.
I wonder how many election cycles til she votes yes? 4?
Here's what's really funny about the iron dome AOC story: anyone who would have been pissed at her for voting "no" still knows how she feels about them. They are satisfied by her change in vote not because they believe she legitimately changed her mind - they know she didn't - but rather because she has demonstrated her capacity to be coerced. She sold her soul on this issue, which means she can be relied upon to sell her soul on any other issue. The only calculus is in determining the price.
She didn't cry about it because she was strong-armed into changing her vote. She cried because she knows the next time someone calls her a fraud, she won't be able to deny it to herself.
They are satisfied by her change in vote not because they believe she legitimately changed her mind - they know she didn't - but rather because she has demonstrated her capacity to be coerced.
Yeah, that's not even debatable. That is the reality of the situation.
Today she is coerced into voting 'present' for perks. Tomorrow she is voting 'yes' because, well, her 'present' isn't going to change anything, and there are more perks just... sitting on the table, if she behaves.
Because they are not conservatives. They have been elected to the Republican Party but they are first and foremost politicians as a class. If they stand up for principles, they get ostracized from the club.
They are upper class and don't want to lose that privileged position. You can see the same thing on the other side where someone like AOC came from "humble beginnings" spouting class conflict and are now just completely integrated into upper class society.
They still have to play the part and say their lines correctly but they are all actors on the same stage. They have much more in common with their "opponents" than they do with the audience. When the curtain closes and intermission is called, they are hanging out back-stage with one another, not with you.
Good observation. It's funny, really. I already knew this, and yet I still needed to be reminded.
AOC clearly entered the game as a poltician who genuinely believes most of the inane drivel that comes out of her mouth, but it's funny watching her transformation turning into a full on grifter like the rest of them.
She changed her vote on Iron Dome funding from 'No' to 'Present', obviously sacrificing her actual belief for more acceptance in the grift club.
I wonder how many election cycles til she votes yes? 4?
Here's what's really funny about the iron dome AOC story: anyone who would have been pissed at her for voting "no" still knows how she feels about them. They are satisfied by her change in vote not because they believe she legitimately changed her mind - they know she didn't - but rather because she has demonstrated her capacity to be coerced. She sold her soul on this issue, which means she can be relied upon to sell her soul on any other issue. The only calculus is in determining the price.
She didn't cry about it because she was strong-armed into changing her vote. She cried because she knows the next time someone calls her a fraud, she won't be able to deny it to herself.
Yeah, that's not even debatable. That is the reality of the situation.
Today she is coerced into voting 'present' for perks. Tomorrow she is voting 'yes' because, well, her 'present' isn't going to change anything, and there are more perks just... sitting on the table, if she behaves.