Thread 518558334

Because it certainly isn't in the image of what the founding fathers had in mind... How did is get this bad when the warning were there from the nation's inception?

>>518558915
Exactly, it's not like it wasn't well known the dialectic games would be all too easy if the nation lost all nuance in the political arena.

>>518558334 (OP)
>How did is get this bad when the warning were there from the nation's inception?
Perhaps it is due to the People™ becoming corrupted themselves as per Franklin's note about arriving at despotism, eventually.

>>518559331
Do you think the masses would always fall into fleeting releases and get mine mentality even if the original spirit of the nation was left intact, or do you think human nature made this inevitable regardless?

>>518559540
I suspect you may be correct with the human nature angle.
Coupled with the fact the commanding heights will tend to attract the most corruptible people into its hold, it is likely that naive optimism (or outright apathy) in the median citizen is what allows this to occur.
Ideally, one would expect people of moral worth wind up in the political arena, but that rarely happens. Meanwhile, criminal networks become entrenched over time leading to a condition where only "one of them" can be selected as a representative because the People™ become too distracted by the machinations the criminal networks setup before them. It's a natural consequence.

>>518558334 (OP)
incoming

>>518558334 (OP)
>self destruct