• DistractedDev@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It doesn’t exactly take mental gymnastics to think Putin might lie about something if he thinks it’ll give him an advantage.

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        2 years ago

        I’m honestly not sure what you’re arguing for. All politicians lie constantly. I’m sure the ones you named also lie frequently. It’s all just mind games to confuse people during a war.

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          2 years ago
          1. this does not answer the question.
          2. do all politicians lie? is this like a universal truth of the universe? do they have to lie?
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              2 years ago

              Agian, is this a universal truth or just in the US system or Liberal democratic system, is it not possible (and I am not saying the Russian Federation is this system I am now asking in hypotheticals) where that would not be the case

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                What do you even mean by universal truth? In math this makes sense, but not here. You cannot say anything meaningful in this context using such a qualifier. The closest you get to universal truth is that people have some property, unfortunately, so that saying certain things makes you popular because it is what people want to hear, regardless of truth value.