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I might argue that defining people as “bad” is part of the problem. There are plenty of bad actions that politicians have taken. There are plenty of well-meanin
by amluto 4y ago
I might argue that defining people as “bad” is part of the problem. There are plenty of bad actions that politicians have taken. There are plenty of well-meaning but ill-considered things that many, many people do. But once people become “bad”, you get over-the-top cancel culture, a failure of people with different ideas to communicate or engage with each other, failures to acknowledge history as being complex, and a whole host of other problems.
I could probably write something positive about every recent president. I’m not sure it would count as poetry, but if an LLM tried and wasn’t inclined to filter itself, I bet it could rewrite it as a poem :)
- wongarsu 4y agoI agree, good things can be said about everyone. Hitler liked dogs, and liking dogs is good in my book. His push for the Autobahn also shaped much of modern society (in the US notably by inspiring Eisenhower to establish the system of interstate and defence highways), which was also mostly good (though the US took it way too far). But we like to paint everyone either as a Disney prince or a Disney villain, as if people in power were not humans.