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Kinda curious as to why you think so.
by ttybird2 5y ago
Kinda curious as to why you think so.
- throwaway6734 5y agoIt's a pessimistic, lazy critique that corrodes faith in necessary institutions.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y agoYour critique reminds me of colonial British complaints against the colonies’ complaints.
- mrexroad 5y agoSource?
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago“It was essential to the maintenance of order and hierarchy that the colonies acknowledge the supreme authority of Parliament.” https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-men-who-lost-america-andrew-jackson-oshaughnessy/1119330265 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-men-who-lost-america-an...
- beeboop 5y agoI don't think a potentially valid complaint about something should be accused of "corroding it", especially when there is very blatant and obvious problems with the political system in the US in general. Respond with substantial counter evidence if you want to be persuasive
- krapp 5y agoWhat evidence did legerdemain provide that needs to be countered? They made sweeping but unsubstantiated claims amounting to "all government is corrupt at all levels" and vague warnings about "a rupture that cannot be repaired without severe measures," whatever that means. A comment lacking in substance doesn't really warrant a more substantive rebuttal than was given.
- throwaway6734 5y ago> Every day, I feel like we inch closer and closer to a rupture that will cannot be repaired without severe measures. What is valid about this hyperbolic statement? We live in the most peaceful and productive time in history. The past 100 years of history have shown us the horrors of what happens when things rupture.
- nathanaldensr 5y agoAre you telling everyone we should be happy with corruption?
- JetAlone 5y ago
- throwaway6734 5y ago
- JetAlone 5y agoA democracy is meant to be driven from the collective will of your neighbors. Your lazy name subtly displays the disdain you hold for your neighbor in a community like this, one that accounts for their vote of approval/disapproval of your posts (the most easily understood motive to create "throwaway" accounts in the first place). From that platform, you use rhetorical devices in a subconsciously Machiavellian bid to affect that will, to maintain a status quo you like. This implicit lack of trust displayed here and now damages the very fabric you seem to be trying to uphold. It might be beneficial to your cause if you took on a more meaningful name.
- AdrianB1 5y agoNecessary does not mean spotless. When they are necessary, corruption is even bigger problem.
- infamouscow 5y agoThat's a false choice. We don't have to accept corruption.
- fallingknife 5y agoSince when are these institutions owed my faith?
- JetAlone 5y agoI think the chain of logic in support of the idea is supposed to go like this: Faith in necessary institutions is needed to keep them running. The institutions are deemed necessary because they keep #6734 and people like them safe. You owe #6734 et al. safety as part of the social contract. Therefore the institutions are owed your faith. The assumptions beyond that I think are: -The institutions actually keeps them safe (and not just feeling safe) OR -The institution only really keeps them feeling safe, but feeling safe is the actual value here worth preserving. AND -This social contract is in your best interests because it will be upheld for you too.