Shortly before the American streamer was detained by U.S. border officials and questioned about his political beliefs, he spoke with Madeline Sherratt about his frustrations with the Trump administration — and the weak attempts by Democrats to hold the president accountable.
That’s just not how politics works in the US. Politics is a career, or in many cases a stepping stone to a career. They’re not there to fight anyone, they’re there to achieve their personal ambitions. They’re not ideological warriors, they’re white collar elites. They don’t necessarily have any ideological commitments, and as such they will simply adopt whatever the ideological paradigm is at any given time.
I don’t expect any politician to fight Trump, if doing so means compromising their career ambitions. If there’s going to be a fight, it has to be fought by the people, not the politicians.
That’s just not how politics works in the US. Politics is a career, or in many cases a stepping stone to a career. They’re not there to fight anyone, they’re there to achieve their personal ambitions. They’re not ideological warriors, they’re white collar elites. They don’t necessarily have any ideological commitments, and as such they will simply adopt whatever the ideological paradigm is at any given time.
I don’t expect any politician to fight Trump, if doing so means compromising their career ambitions. If there’s going to be a fight, it has to be fought by the people, not the politicians.