vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoFormer federal judge: Supreme Court ‘dangerously betrayed’ democracy with Trump disqualification decisionthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down19
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minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoYou’ve just discovered the fundamental problem with democracy: it operates on good faith in a Machiavellian world.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoMachiavelli was satire. It was meant to show the stupidest way to do things. Most people aren’t like that. We just haven’t found a good way to rid ourselves of psychopaths and narcissists.
You’ve just discovered the fundamental problem with democracy: it operates on good faith in a Machiavellian world.
Machiavelli was satire. It was meant to show the stupidest way to do things.
Most people aren’t like that. We just haven’t found a good way to rid ourselves of psychopaths and narcissists.