Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain’t going to do any good; you’re just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here… like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There’s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: ‘The Public Sucks. Fuck Hope.’

It is natural to do what is best for oneself at the expense of others. On the other hand as social creatures our fate is bound to others and so we historically needed to be pro-social to survive. In most situations both these innate drives push us to cooperate with others. When there is no social cost to an evil act however our natural inclination is to crookedness. This is only overcome by empathizing with the victim(s) of the act "I wouldn't like it if it were me".