"the groups". Yes. I call it the non-profit industrial complex.
Lots of well-meaning, poorly-paid, and mostly ineffective staff members; managed by crusading egotists who are doing quite well for themselves; funded by well-off donors to absolve their latent guilt.
They are terrible proxies for the interests of the constituents, and they play right into the tropes about over-educated do-gooders that Vance, Rufo, et al are eager to exploit. And 90% of them are just terribly inefficient allocations of resources, regardless of their collective place in politics.
"the groups". Yes. I call it the non-profit industrial complex.
Lots of well-meaning, poorly-paid, and mostly ineffective staff members; managed by crusading egotists who are doing quite well for themselves; funded by well-off donors to absolve their latent guilt.
They are terrible proxies for the interests of the constituents, and they play right into the tropes about over-educated do-gooders that Vance, Rufo, et al are eager to exploit. And 90% of them are just terribly inefficient allocations of resources, regardless of their collective place in politics.