Bringing home pork was once considered somewhat dishonorable but is now treated as a sign of a skilled, good politician; this cultural inversion—where the once-shameful becomes honorable—reflects a deeper civic problem, since societies are better off when people refrain from harmful acts because they are wrong rather than merely because they are illegal.
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Russ RobertsEvidence Quote
“there was once a time and there a handful of people in Congress who still feel this way... who would say well I could have voted for this and got got us that bridge but I'll be wrong it's true you can but it's wrong”
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:36 AM
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