@WhiteBoyRooster @NitroDubs @sickburnbro The financial empire of GAE has bred the worst oligarchs on the planet and every place has them, I mean *every* place has some family whose wealth is the result of some grift, and these are the people who choose elected officials at almost every level. Even look at some no/low pay thing like a small school board where a box of signs and some modest mailings will set you back $1,000-$2,000. That's not *awful* but even for people of decent means it's not money they'd flush away on a lark.