Basement Whatever

There’s (1) the person who lives for politics; the person who sees the office as an instrument to do the kind of important, institutional work that they would still do tomorrow even if the job title disappeared. Then there’s (2) the person who lives off politics; who wants the office for the sake of having the title, the salary, and whatever may come next after that office disappears.

…Why should we care what politicians do in their free time? About what they read, or who they surround themselves with? Because these things tell us something fundamental about whether they are living for politics or off it.
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