They protect each other. It’s a club and most of us aren’t in it. Corruption and lack of ethics is a serious issue like a communicable cancer and it endangers our democracy even above L/R politics. I’m at the point I’d vote for honesty and ethics over politics if I was fairly confident on that point. The problem is that so many are absolute con men or women and with an ability to make you believe.
“Most of us aren’t in it”
Are you kidding? Do you think anyone on this silly little web site is “in the club?” Not. A. Chance.