Some people -- or a politician -- may like certain policies in government, or try to pass them through, etc., because it can favor them personally.

That hit too close to home. There's a pun joke here about the common platforms of people running (again) for office. "Poor the people, buy the people" Because they pay for people's votes and then make the people poorer after they get elected.

Just because a society accepts it, doesn't make it truly "right".

"You can do anything you want as long as you get away with it."

._. The shizzy and sad truth.