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>Asking your government to adopt policies that is actively against the interests of most of the people in the country is immoral My point was that this is some
by slg 5y ago
>Asking your government to adopt policies that is actively against the interests of most of the people in the country is immoral
My point was that this is something we all do. I have never met a single person who was always on the side of the greater good for every single political issue. I don't think voting or lobbying for your own interests is inherently immoral. If it is, basically all of democracy and capitalism is immoral.
- jklinger410 5y agoBeing selfish, or: doing something extra for yourself that explicitly harms others, is inherently immoral. No need to add grey space here.
- slg 5y agoSo every time you have decided to drive your car somewhere instead of take public transportation you are being immoral? The reason we need nuance here is without it we are all evil people contributing to the destruction of the planet.
- pessimizer 5y agoWho cares? Complain to the Pope about immorality, and he'll make sure they go to Hell. While you work on that, hopefully someone is working on making tax filing simpler, and preventing lobbyists from blocking that effort.