Having read Joe Biden's statement on the matter, I expect that he is correct when he writes that the prosecution and sentencing of Hunter Biden was, to a very considerable extent, politically motivated. That does not justify or excuse his decision to further undermine what little remains of the institutional credibility of the executive branch of government. This is the decision of a father looking out for his son, not that of a leader mindful of the example that he sets for the future. Another dark day to go with the rest of them.
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In God Emperor of Dune, Leto Atreides enforces millennia of cultural stasis in order to breed a collective mental yearning for space and freedom from constraint, ultimately giving rise to the Scattering that ensures the future survival of humanity. Marx and Engels wrote of the conditions they believed necessary to bring about a proletarian revolution. As we witness the institutional, ideological, intellectual and moral disintegration of the United States, one wonders where such developments may eventually lead.