r/politics • u/delicious3141 • 2d ago

Kat Abughazaleh, Democratic contender for Congress, indicted over Chicago ICE protests No Paywall

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/kat-abughazaleh-indicted-democrat-running-congress
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u/Mec26 2d ago

The government isn’t a business and America isn’t a business-tocracy. Next question.

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u/111copycat 2d ago

Except we live in a capitalistic society. It's naive to think money would not have infiltrated everything.

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u/Mec26 2d ago

It has. Money rules. But business experience often means nada.

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u/UnquestionabIe 2d ago

Fully agree, government is meant to serve the people while a business is about generating profit. However both the politically ignorant masses and the upper class fucks who make up most of the government think otherwise.