Show me a salesman who lies to you as big as the average modern politician and you've probably got good grounds for a civil suit.
As for using white lies to grease the wheels, pussyfooting around on what you want, when you have to do it even to a fundamental level, doesn't work long term. "I want to help the disabled (actually IDGAF, it's just because homeless people are damaging the housing market)" are not white lies anymore, the rationale and the motivation are almost direct opposites, and the viable excuses will only last so long.
The result might be what you want but it only works because the general public are buying the lie which isn't what you want. And the lie is the position that is getting more entrenched in their minds. The more you encourage a culture of being afraid to speak of harsh truths the more people will just delude themselves they don't exist because it's out of sight.
Nobody wants to be "cruel" but as long as the prevailing culture is to pussy out of publicly arguing where limiting resource expenditure and preventing damage isn't actually "cruel" just "pragmatic" then shit's just going to keep trending worse.
Show me a salesman who lies to you as big as the average modern politician and you've probably got good grounds for a civil suit.
As for using white lies to grease the wheels, pussyfooting around on what you want, when you have to do it even to a fundamental level, doesn't work long term. "I want to help the disabled (actually IDGAF, it's just because homeless people are damaging the housing market)" are not white lies anymore, the rationale and the actual motivation are almost direct opposites, and the viable excuses will only last so long.
The result might be what you want but it only works because the general public are buying the lie, which isn't what you want. The more you encourage a culture of being afraid to speak of harsh truths the more people will just delude themselves they don't exist because it's out of sight.
Nobody wants to be "cruel" but as long as the prevailing culture is to pussy out of publicly arguing where limiting resource expenditure and preventing damage isn't actually "cruel" just "pragmatic" then shit's just going to keep trending worse.
Show me a salesman who lies to you as big as the average modern politician and you've probably got good grounds for a civil suit.
As for using white lies to grease the wheels, pussyfooting around on what you want, when you have to do it even to a fundamental level, doesn't work long term. "I want to help the disabled (actually IDGAF, it's just because homeless people are damaging the housing market)" are not white lies anymore, they rationale and the motivation are almost direct opposites, and the viable excuses will only last so long. The result might be what you want but it only works because the general public are buying the lie which isnt what you want. The more you encourage a culture of being afraid to speak of harsh truths the more people will just delude themselves they don't exist because it's out of sight.
Nobody wants to be "cruel" but as long as the prevailing culture is to pussy out of publicly arguing where limiting resource expenditure and preventing damage isn't actually "cruel" just "pragmatic" then shit's just going to keep trending worse.
Show me a salesman who lies to you as big as the average modern politician and you've probably got good grounds for a civil suit.
As for using white lies to grease the wheels, pussyfooting around on what you want, when you have to do it even to a fundamental level, doesn't work long term. They're not white lies anymore, and the viable excuses will only last so long, and the more you encourage a culture of being afraid to speak of harsh truths the more people will just delude themselves they don't exist because it's out of sight.
Nobody wants to be "cruel" but as long as the prevailing culture is to pussy out of publicly arguing where limiting resource expenditure and preventing damage isn't actually "cruel" just "pragmatic" then shit's just going to keep trending worse.