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Comment by pibaker

12 hours ago

If you see a pile of trash by the side of the road and tell yourself it is ok to dump your trash there, well, you just explained why there is a pile of trash there in the first place.

You have agency over your own actions. Don't blame others for your self inflicted "spiritual death."

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Arodex  11 hours ago

Millions decided to reward a liar and cheater with the highest office in the country. Twice! At one point, socially attuned people are going to go that way. And even if you try to educate your children well, they see in their formative years what society rewards.

  • estearum  9 hours ago

    Yes, but they should be criticized all the while... obviously.

    In fact, beyond criticizing them, they should be denigrated and made fun of incessantly. Ostracized and reaffirmed as low-status individuals, no matter how much wealth they can acquire through low-status bullshit, they'll never be worthy of respect.

    • e40  9 hours ago

      Isn’t that how we got here? Making fun and ridiculing the low status, dumb people said “fuck you” with their vote for him, twice.

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  • pibaker  2 hours ago

    I don't understand why you think one single president is responsible for a class of behavior that is likely as old as human civilization. Should we blame Elizabeth Holmes on him too? What about Enron?

  • stillpointlab  5 hours ago

    Morality advances when those who see they could, decide that they should not. In fact, one might see true morality as requiring a decline of reward.

    If one abandons their principles as soon as a sufficient reward is offered, then they have no integrity.

    So let your children see and learn what society rewards AND teach them integrity.