Were there politicians who went along with the war because they believed that a major war effort would contribute to their local economies? Yeah, no question. Were there politicians who did it out of outright corruption? Almost certainly. But pretending that our political enemies are inherently corrupt because some of them might be is just hopelessly naïve.
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Were there politicians who went along with the war because they believed that a major war effort would contribute to their local economies? Yeah, no question. Were there politicians who did it out of outright corruption? Almost certainly. But pretending that our political enemies are inherently corrupt because some of them might be is just hopelessly naïve.