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It's more accountability than what Dick Cheney faced. The point is that even under primitive social codes like the honour system, public officials faced more a
by forensic 15y ago
It's more accountability than what Dick Cheney faced.
The point is that even under primitive social codes like the honour system, public officials faced more accountability than they do now.
There is no accountability left whatsoever in ANY social leaders: not business leaders, not industry leaders, not political leaders, not military leaders, not scientific leaders, not legal leaders.
ZERO personal accountability. They can be as corrupt as they want, they can fuck it up as bad as they like, but there are absolutely no consequences to them.
This is what has changed. At least in the 1800s you could be challenged to a duel when you engaged in corruption. At least in the 1800s robber barons had to protect themselves from vigilante justice.
- mikeash 15y agoPerson A ignores his accuser. Person B murders his accuser and goes on with life. How exactly is B more accountability? As far as I know, Dick Cheney hasn't murdered any of his accusers.
- forensic 15y agoIt's not murder it's a duel. Big difference. Both duellists put their lives on the line. How many people in America right now would be willing to have a duel with Cheney? Hundreds if not thousands. That says something meaningful about his role.
- mikeash 15y agoI don't really see why a duel isn't a murder. Plenty of murderers put their lives at risk to kill. Just because the other guy agreed to it doesn't make it not a murder. I guarantee you that if I challenged somebody to a duel today and ended up killing him that I would go to jail for murder, and rightly so.