This is a Putin tactic which Trump and his band of thieves has fully embraced. It results in the cynical belief that, because so many in government and business are corrupt, the entire system is corrupt.

So, get what you can. Because, if you don’t, someone else less deserving will get it before you do.

Everyone becomes complicit, so no one has the right to criticize anyone else. Ethics and morality and honesty be damned.

Kindness and inclusion are for “woke” fools and obnoxious, self-righteous elite do-gooders.

They want to “own the libs” to defend their bitter anger and resentment of those they believe are taking what they assume they deserve.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk is $200 B richer, at the same time he’s recommending firing federal workers and cutting so-called “entitlement programs.” It’s genuinely fucked up. (Sorry for the screed.)