It seems to me that the Trump era has ushered in some valuable lessons for the public about how corruption actually works, down to the nuts & bolts, the real "how to." Of course, a lot of it has been out there for a long time, especially in books, but it seems that exposure is happening with a higher profile and at a faster pace now, mainly as a result of pro-Trump and anti-Trump pundits and their audiences trying to convince each other of something. I think this is a good thing, ultimately. I just hope that the facts/evidence ultimately prevail.
"Don't you KNOW that Trump is selling migrant children into sex slavery to pay off his debts to Russia?!? Where've you been?!?!?!"
This kind of statement seen daily in responses to Facebook posts, Tweets, YouTube videos, articles, etc. is indicative of the tsunami of conspiracy writing that has flooded our media since Trump's inauguration, most of which seems to be built by wildly extrapolating on a few "accepted facts" (real or fake) and little evidence, and then just disappears with no follow-up, no more dots to connect. But there's compelling stuff, too, if it actually describes the methods and practices of corrupt individuals, especially when following the money.
Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to me that a lot of previously unaware folks have learned something from follow-the-money cases like these examples:
- illicit payoffs to politicians in the form of board seats or other corporate jobs for their lackeys, who are the ones ostensibly paid and the politicians gets the kick-back through a network of worldwide cooperating banks
- migration crises artificially enlarged by the encouragement, coaching, false promises, monetary aid and transportation aid to those willing to migrate
- foreign aid being mainly payoffs to corrupt heads of state and kickbacks to the corporations of the "aiding" nation, who in turn kick back to politicians enacting foreign aid
- charitable foundations being fronts for pay-to-play, stealing the money by calling it "expenses" and laundering it through banking networks
- public grant money being funneled by recipients into political donations to influence the continued flow of grant money
- corporate tricks to avoid taxation
There are many more. And still more that aren't so easy for anyone to grasp, because the motivations don't appear to be money. And still more with low profiles, things the public isn't ready for, like how gun/human/drug trafficking is enabled and who it really funds.
Here's a very good exposé
of profit from the endless homeless crisisdone by Tiffany FitzHenry who is famous for exposing how Hollywood (her term for the corporate movie, TV, music, sports, and other mass entertainment businesses) works, and controls its stars to serve Deep State agendas. It's an interview with San Francisco mayoral candidate
Ellen Lee Zhou, a social worker who has been mercilessly vilified for speaking frankly about some of the city's problems.
Ignore the senstational/clickbait title. It is broadly about the one-party political climate of San Francisco, and the resulting oppression, but the homeless discussion is outstanding.
I think I see why Trump keeps bringing up the California homeless problem. In short, 20,000+ homeless on the streets of San Francisco means that local "help the homeless" NGOs have sprung up like mushrooms and have acquired gov't sanction and gov't funding to the tune of $70,000 per homeless person per year. With that huge amount of money, the homeless are apparently supplied with free drugs and needles, subsistence sustenance, someone to tell their troubles to, and precious little more. The rest is stolen. She also goes into the influence of family dynasties on San Francisco, and other things.