Government has agency, but only a limited amount. When it comes to things like Congressmen being allowed to insider-trade legally, I’ll totally believe that’s political agency at work. But implementing popular policies aggressively is just common sense, not a manifestation of political corruption.
What percentage of the population wants to legalize heroin? How much of the population gains power and money from its illegality?
(Also, the above post may have been intended with a mild spirit of sarcasm)
You don’t understand. It’s not the people who want to continue the drug war for power and money. It’s the government and its enforcement arms.
You don’t happen to think that government lacks agency and just meekly fulfills the desires of the voters, do you? X-D
Government has agency, but only a limited amount. When it comes to things like Congressmen being allowed to insider-trade legally, I’ll totally believe that’s political agency at work. But implementing popular policies aggressively is just common sense, not a manifestation of political corruption.
I think we have deep disagreements about this :-)