• Blackbeard@lemmy.worldM
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    5 months ago

    Then why would anyone do anything good for you, ever? If you’re going to blame them for the fact that it wasn’t done before now, then shouldn’t they completely ignore what you want and move on to someone else?

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      5 months ago

      We should not do good things purely for the praise of others, we should do good things because they are the right thing to do.

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        5 months ago

        We’re talking about politicians who do things for votes. The whole system is predicated on popularity being the only thing that matters.