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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 252: Voiding Our Special Relationship
Panthera 12/11/19 11:23:57 PM #295:	Jakyl25 posted... I know its not legally binding. I just wonder how the CONCEPT was reconciled with the realities of running a nation, even putting aside slavery and patriarchy. Did they not really mean it? Most people, without significant convincing, only believe in things to the extent that it benefits them and people they approve of. Maybe all people, actually. I think even the most genuinely principled people have moments where they have to convince themselves it's actually okay to extend the ideas they support to people they dislike (or like, for issues of justice). --- Meow! <cite>Panthera posted [p:931452369] in Politics C... [t:78241503]...</cite> <quote>Jakyl25 posted... </cite> <quote>I know its not legally binding. I just wonder how the CONCEPT was reconciled with the realities of running a nation, even putting aside slavery and patriarchy. Did they not really mean it?</quote> Most people, without significant convincing, only believe in things to the extent that it benefits them and people they approve of. Maybe all people, actually. I think even the most genuinely principled people have moments where they have to convince themselves it's actually okay to extend the ideas they support to people they dislike (or like, for issues of justice). --- Meow!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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