this actually tells me everything i need to know
you have made the fundamental logical flaw assuming everyone is the same as you i.e. sane, rational, and logical ... if i may, i would like to suggest for your inspection the concept that these folks suffer from political paranoia ... once they enter the temple of irrationality, they make no sense, but if viewed from that perspective, i think one would find everything they say not only makes sense but is expected.
I don't expect them to be anything but money grubbing whores. I honestly don't think there is an agenda - except maybe the self-serving notion that by supporting whatever the status quo happens to be they will make themselves richer. And I don't think they particularly care what the status quo is...
your brush is a lot wider and faster to the wall than mine
i only get to read about the ones who are and i suppose if that is all that is reported then one may conclude that is all they are ... since there is a finite number of such people i think i ll check their pedigree before making such generalizations
Sorry, but
"if you're not part of the solution then you are part of the problem".
If you profit from perpetuating a corrupt system then you are, by definition, as corrupt as the system.