In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely.

Hunter S. Thompson
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile...
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile...
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile...
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile...
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In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together. Not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. The phrase "swine" refers to politicians who are corrupt, greedy, or unethical. The idea is that if you are already in power, there's no reason not to do terrible things.

And if you're not in power, you have no hope of getting there anyway. This is because the only way to get into power is through corrupt means or through not being ethical enough to get away with being unethical. If you could be ethical enough to work your way up the ladder, then maybe you could get away with being unethical once you got there.

Source: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales From A Strange Time

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