Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday that America ā€œis not sending their best and brightestā€ to represent them in Congress. ā€œSometimes you literally just canā€™t believe like, these people are makā€¦

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    Now, thereā€™s one thing you might have noticed I donā€™t complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck.

    Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They donā€™t fall out of the sky. They donā€™t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens.

    This is the best we can do, folks. This is what we have to offer. Itā€™s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, youā€™re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders.

    Term limits ainā€™t going to do any good; youā€™re just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybeā€¦ itā€™s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around hereā€¦ likeā€¦ the public. Yeah, the public sucks. Thereā€™s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: ā€˜The Public Sucks. Fuck Hope.ā€™

    -George Carlin

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      He missed a nuance. A certain type of person wants power, is successful at getting it, and good at keeping it. Itā€™s the worst of the worst.

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          I meanā€¦ Bit of a stretch but hear me outā€¦ Vikings conquered the British Isles. They led the colonization of the world. The waspyest wasps came to the States. Their ā€œbestā€ have consolidated power since. Thatā€™s who runs capitalism now.