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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Companies are motivated by profits, but governments have other agendas that change as often as the people running them.
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Maybe...but isn't the motivation usually financial? With a rare, true ideological exception, most government intrigue seems to be ultimately about money, having and controlling more of it and moving it from the public coffers into the hands of a select few individuals.
The US Treasury cannot be robbed at gunpoint like a convenience store. Stealing an amount equivalent to the gross national product of a small nation takes large, complex modus operandi, often beginning with winning an election.