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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
She’s one of the top three recipients of Wall St cash why?
There are some prosecutors who are lifers. Then there are the politically or economically ambitious ones (not infrequently, they’re the same ones). These people may not have worked in a Corp, but they strategize in a manner indistinguishable from ambitious private sector corporate workers.
Hierarchies are hierarchies. Substitute “institutional operator and manipulator” for “corporate.” The point is, Harris thinks in a manner akin to the way a lot of folks in the C suite do. She betrays a mind skilled in working systems to her advantage. This is not a bad thing. We all manipulate systems in self interest to an extent. But it is also not considered consistent with an altruistic mind, or the behavior of one who cares about the country more than her own advancement. This is why “corporate” is a synonym for “bloodless.”
You’ll find ex-prosecutors to be quite willing to flip to defense of corporate behavior they previously excoriated. The mindset of the ambitious within hierarchies is always a bit bent. What word fits that? I’m not sure. But it’s hardly surprising to learn that, like her truly corporate analogues, Harris will happily employ power like a sledgehammer.
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I only see her as getting less than $450K to date from the securities industry:
https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-pre...s?id=N00036915 That's about 1.8% of her fundraising. I think it is fair to say that so far this election Wall Street is essentially sitting it out in public and doing their giving through dark money vehicles. There is just not a lot of wall street money flowing anywhere where the sun shines. The big dark money vehicles I'm aware of on the Dem side right now are all Senate or state house focused.
It seems what you really want to do is scream "establishment" at everyone and wag your finger around. Maybe Bernie is shallow enough for you, after all.
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