Message from @Doc
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@Repeat, you just advanced to level 4!
So similar to Red Owl?
In a representative democracy you elect people. Like when you guys elect sheriffs
The problem isn't that their isn't honest politicians, its figuring out which ones are honest through all of the BS.
@linuxace Here is a rule of the thumb; judge a man by his character and his character by his merits.
@Repeat As someone who also aspires to act with integrity, I'm also incredulous that others are so seemingly willing to compromise their principles for their 15 minutes or in a misguided "ends justifies the means" effort to tip the scales.
"Behold these climbing monkeys, as they climb over and under each other and sometimes tear another down into the mud below" - Nietzsche, Also Sprach Zarathustra
There is no lessor of two evils? Just evil!?
define evil?
self serving?
then vote for the self sacrificing.
Evil=illegal for me
oh, so Mengele wasnt evil?
And just like that, we got to Godwin’s Law
I mean it's the easiest refutation of Illegal=evil
No, no it’s deeper than that for sure. Not going there we are not third world, or at least I chose to believe we aren’t and that we have more sophisticated laws.
I’m want politicians that don’t break laws. How’s that? Lol
The one who breaks the least amount of laws gets my vote
Thus making the definition of legality as "good" very dangerous.
But we don’t have to go that far to refute evil or terrible or worse ideas
Evil is extremely hard to define.
As is good.
Darth Vader and Adolf Hitler thus lends themselves as examples.
Before that it was the Kaiser and Napoleon.
The one who breaks the least amount of laws gets my vote. The irony here
I would like to remind you that the founding fathers were all criminals.
If you're going by Nietsche nearly everything of importance will be hard to define.
I think this would be a good start: https://www.theadvocates.org/2016/10/aggression/
But the founding fathers wanted to start a new country. I don’t
The NAP eventually self contradicts once you get to enforcement.
LOL.
@Repeat I would say you do. You wanted honest politicians. That sounds like the Boston insurrectionists.
@Doc, you just advanced to level 14!
Our system was setup to assume dishonest politicians. The Federalist documents are pretty clear on that point.
and the 2nd amendment....