If they do anything, they might be held accountable for it. Incumbents without scandals usually get re-elected.
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but this hasn't always been true! what's changed? (parties?)
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Jim Webb, the Normie Actual Centrist that we don't deserve.
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*deep sigh* even though I want it all to crumble honestly yes
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his sidelining is demonstrative of why we deserve collapse
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That's exactly right. His exile is an example of how reasonable incrementalists like me are turned into the kind of person who calls people vote-cucks.
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Parties are more salient teams than branches or houses.
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This. Structurally when your “team” has the power, you all agree to hand it to the president so that you can abdicate personal responsibility but still claim victory.
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Congressmen care about their own power, not about congress' power.
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It's almost entirely comprised of people who are there because they want influence, not power. People who want power work in industry.
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Labor is onerous
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