I acknowledge that the Bears stadium issue is really complicated and nuanced and that no one has all the relevant facts and figures to have a fully informed opinion, so I’ll keep this at a high level. I’m a little surprised at how many people are so willing to completely side with the Bears here.
Are politicians greedy and corrupt? Lol obviously. But however cynical you want to be about politics, you have to acknowledge that at least a small sliver of their job, by nature, is to represent the best interests of the people. They might suck at it, but it’s still a slice in the pie chart of what they do.
The Bears? They’re a private for-profit business. Their primary objective is to make as much money as possible. You know, like a private for-profit business tends to do. I know it’s hard to believe, but they give even less fucks about you than politicians do.