Paved with Political Bullshit

According to an old saw, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Insofar as politics is concerned, I have great doubt.

I’ve been following politics more or less closely and studying parts of it carefully since the 1960s. And insofar as we have in mind stated political intentions, I would judge that the statements are nearly all false, and known to be false and intended to mislead by those who make them.

These charlatans know full well that, for example, the public interest they claim to serve is nothing but a rhetorical cloak for the benefits they seek to channel at public expense to their friends and supporters.

In short, the road to hell is paved with political bullshit. Good intentions are so rare as to verge on nonexistent.