Sometimes corruption can become so systemic that it's no longer viewed as corruption.
Take the lobbying group funded by Koch Industries and other predatory corporations. Called ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), it successfully masquerades as a "non-partisan, individual public-private membership association of state legislators." ALEC is really a wrecking ball trying to destroy whatever part of the government its members can't loot.
Only in a world of rampant corruption could a group like ALEC draft a resolution and call it a "model" when it enshrines corporations' pay-to-play rights -- rights to no-bid government contracts, political appointments, special access and influence over lawmaking. And only in a world where we've become oblivious to corruption would it even be possible to present such a "model resolution" as a "resolution in opposition to pay-to-play legislation."
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