[Mick]

And that's not the only, and certainly not the worst, nepotism at the higher levels of governmental response to the pandemic. Right? I'm not defending De Blasio in any way, definitely not trying whataboutism ... just saying that a discussion of nepotism should include the role of Jared Kushner in the federal response.

A cynical reader might have interpreted my post as a veiled attack on nepotism at a presidential level, but I really do believe that this is something that we ought to all agree about, and that it is an impediment to good governance across all levels of government, regardless of party and ideology.

That our presidential administration is incompetent and corrupt does not give a pass to it at other levels, and the problems in New York City speak for themselves, as has been shown in the article in another thread contrasting the local response in Seattle versus New York.

BC

Nepotism not good. Makes me wonder what will happen when Kim Jong Un passes. Supposedly, he's near death, third-generation leader of that country and just 36 years old. Will it pass to his sister, Kim Yo-Jong? And continue the worker's paradise that is North Korea?

[Mick]

And that's not the only, and certainly not the worst, nepotism at the higher levels of governmental response to the pandemic. Right? I'm not defending De Blasio in any way, definitely not trying whataboutism ... just saying that a discussion of nepotism should include the role of Jared Kushner in the federal response.

A cynical reader might have interpreted my post as a veiled attack on nepotism at a presidential level, but I really do believe that this is something that we ought to all agree about, and that it is an impediment to good governance across all levels of government, regardless of party and ideology.

That our presidential administration is incompetent and corrupt does not give a pass to it at other levels, and the problems in New York City speak for themselves, as has been shown in the article in another thread contrasting the local response in Seattle versus New York.

BC

Nepotism not good. Makes me wonder what will happen when Kim Jong Un passes. Supposedly, he's near death, third-generation leader of that country and just 36 years old. Will it pass to his sister, Kim Yo-Jong? And continue the worker's paradise that is North Korea?