well it's not like they could draw talent from the left or academia. that would be absurd.
A bit of unsolicited advice for self-styled progressives: If you don’t want to be tagged as socialists, then stop declaring that capitalism is hopelessly corrupt and business is the enemy.
Not even a little bit foreplay before diving right in...
It reads like a threat - why wouldn't I want to be tagged as a socialist? Are you gonna do something about it?
Government needs talent from wherever it can find it, including outside the tight circle of Clinton-Obama alumni
I'm just mentally beaten down at this point.
"Oh, honey! We know how much you love not being ruled by a bunch of unaccountable corporate swine. But the truth is we just can't afford it right now. Ask again in a hundred years, mmkay?"
Joe Biden can't afford to bar executives and lobbyists from his administration as major ecosystems collapse
/c/nowtheonion, where we post our predictions of headlines because it seems too easy
Pro-tip: if the other side is complaining about how moral you are, about how pure you are (it would be so nice if everyone had equal opportunity but its just not possible!), and only offers "rational pragmatism" as a counter, maybe you're correct and the other side should go to hell.
(if they had a compelling moral argument as to why Biden shouldn't ignore capitalists when considering policy, we ought to consider it, but they don't, so it's a moot point.)
A bit of unsolicited advice for Steven Pearlstein: jump off a very tall bridge
In a sane world "not billionaire" is not a very high bar to clear. There's a lot of shit that is fundamental to the question "which side are you on?" That stumps these fuckers.
There's so many moral arguments for why having lobbyists in the cabinet but they aren't going to mention those.
"Can Joe Biden really afford to ignore the thousands of years of experience of the great lich lord Graaz Da'uul?"
Huh, so like every other president ever basically.
Funny how that works.
