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> Every ranking official of any country (or company) owns a big share of that country's sins and there are no "clean" administrations. This sounds a lot like a
by zurn 13y ago
> Every ranking official of any country (or company) owns a big share of that country's sins and there are no "clean" administrations.
This sounds a lot like apogolism. These war crimes are VERY far removed from the standards of contemporary western civilized countries.
Obama administration continuing many of the evil policies doesn't make it any more acceptable, taking this as "the new normal" would be apathy bordering on nihilism.
From a broader POV, this line of reasoning exemplifies the syndrome "perfect is the enemy of good" (also known as the Nirvana fallacy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy).
- mahyarm 13y agoWhat he is saying that ANY high level ex-politician will have the same issues. You can probably dig up similar dirt on Al Gore and boycott his seat on the apple board for example. In my foggy childhood memory, I remember a few wars, PGP & Clipper chip fiascos and so on when he was VP in the 90s.
- Sammi 13y agoHe said every politician is guilty, and you're interpreting that as him saying they're all ok? I think you're reading what you want to read, not what he actually wrote.
- zurn 13y agoI'm saying very few high level politicians in western countries are guilty of things of comparable badness.