reformists be like "I'll climb the barbed ladder to power in order to change the system from within" and don't realize once they've summited they'll be drained just as bloodless as the rest of em
reformists be like "I'll climb the barbed ladder to power in order to change the system from within" and don't realize once they've summited they'll be drained just as bloodless as the rest of em
they don't know that they've been ensnared by the One Ring 
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It's so weird because it's like congratulations - you made it to national - you almost certainly stepped on a ton of people and went into substantial debt to get here - your character is already compromised at this point and you're so used to wheeling and dealing that no matter how sincerely held, any suffocating ideological belief in the world of tomorrow cannot react, cannot influence you under the weight of every rationalized action against it you've taken to get there. And even if, EVEN IF you still have your convictions about you - congratulations - you're in the company of Bernie Sanders, and similarly will only be relevant as a gadfly that quietly loses their primary after failing to secure any long term loyalties to the decided not nice people who cut the checks to get you there.
If you think you can win that game you're just very stupid. It's like taking a faustian bargain thinking you're the guy that's gonna out lawyer the devil. Maybe man, but you won't like the price.
It's like the end of The House that Jack Built, you've murdered a ton of innocent people and are dragged to the last ring of hell, but you really think you're the guy who's gonna be tough enough to climb around and reach the stairs to heaven. Unlike the hundreds of people who tried that before you.
Ooh I like that reading of the movie. I felt like it was saying something that I didn't quite pick up on, but really didn't feel like rewatching it.
Honestly it's a bit of a stretch, I just watched it pretty recently and have a habit of projecting the last thought provoking piece of media I saw to everything.
Lol I do the same thing