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Once again, s/politician/human/ and your statement is more honest. So, why do you phrase statements to make people believe that politicians are some special cl
by evgen 11y ago
Once again, s/politician/human/ and your statement is more honest. So, why do you phrase statements to make people believe that politicians are some special class of humans that think differently or are somehow immune from other standards of human behavior? By committing to a much narrower band of truth regarding the human propensity to spin arguments in our favor, act in our own interests, and deceive ourselves and others you seem to suggest that you are, by your own standard, deceiving us.
Have you run for political office before? Perhaps that is your source of authority for your claims.
- tripzilch 11y agoIf by "special class" you mean "because it is part of being successful at their career", I don't see much wrong with the statement. Consider a career ("special class") that we (hopefully) agree on where being dishonest is required to succeed. An illusionist, or a spy / secret agent. Do they think differently about truth than most people? Well yes, of course they do. I can think of at least two reasons: self-selection and habit+experience. All three examples do so for different specific reasons, and in different ways. For the illusionist and the spy, I guess that's what we expect of people doing those jobs. For politicians, not so much.