Like what is the difference between a robot that will do your dishes and just a solid dishwasher appliance. Why wouldn't the ideal assistant robot be like a box on tank treads with a single arm that could pick up clothes. They WANT the humanoid form they can bark orders at.

"It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift" the fuck are you talking about man. Like a bribe isn't a bribe unless the bribee is like "haha I love being bribed."

Get excited for when libs are yelling that you HAVE to vote for this guy in four years because he's the lesser evil!

Purely engaging with the thought experiment, if I catch my friend holding people in their basement, they get to have a little basement time themselves, as a treat.