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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
^ I'm surprised that someone so perceptive about the differing qualities of music and musicians can dismiss so roundly thousands of politicians at a stroke without feeling the need to divide them into good guys/ bad guys, etc. A fine moral stance can often get compromised along the way and I bet there are plenty of well-intentioned politicians reluctantly struggling with the practicalities of politics who still have a moral center.
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A good guys/bad guys dynamic is too simple for the world that we live in. You can't become a major politician without compromising your moral center because American politics rewards partisan kowtowing over ethical and effective legislation or leadership. Not only do our politics reward that behaviour, it attracts it simple because of the power that it entails. That's without getting into the fact that both parties are on the same side of the coin because they won't make any changes that threatens the corrupt system that pays their salary. There are loads of issues that aren't solved by either political party because the partisan split is powerful enough to drive people to the polls and vote for them. The Democrat party is the polar opposite of the "resistance" that it's trying to brand itself as.
tl;dr actions and human nature speak louder than speeches and sales pamphlets.