Is hypocrisy a natural part of politics?
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December 24th, 2018
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Should politics have rules? What if parties don’t adhere to the rules, what then? Lose the rules?
Could rules and decent politics co-exist if one side does dirty politics to win?
Would it eventually bring down the “empire” aka whole nation if parties don’t stop practicing deplorable politics? If yes, what could prevent this from happening?
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Natural would be understatement. More like essential. Second in importance and frequency only to lying.
It’s actually human nature in many ways. But only in politics can the politicians convince themselves that it’s a positive trait, the way trump is convinced that it’s perfectly fine for him to lie his fat ass off.
I don’t think it always was. I think that for quite a while, honesty was.
It changed when money (specifically money raising) got to be so much a part of politics, and politicians had to (have to) prostitute themselves to raise funds for their next election.
My guess is that up through WW2 there was more honesty than not; after WW2 and into the Nixon era, it got steadily worse.
I think It could be the downfall of democratic nations not just America. Hypocritical politicians and voters.
I think the hypocrisy is awful and destructive. We all have witnessed and been hypocrites at some time or another in life, and not only pertaining to politics. It is the mass hypocrisy and amnesia in politics today that I can’t stand and I find it ridiculous and dare I say stupid. It is a dumbing down of America in my opinion. It is a symptom of propaganda and selfishness.
Seems to me hypocrisy is the result of having no dignity and if there are more undignified citizens voting —— that nation is doomed.
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