Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAmericans, if you put yourself in the shoes of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and their ilk at the founding of this country, what questions do you think they would have for the leaders of today?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up152
arrow-up152message-squareAmericans, if you put yourself in the shoes of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and their ilk at the founding of this country, what questions do you think they would have for the leaders of today?Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months ago while themselves owning slaves I did not say that it was good morals (from today’s point of view: most of what they did was actually criminal). I said strong ones.
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHaving strong morals is mutually exclusive with compromising your morals to enrich yourself, which we’ve established is something they did.
I did not say that it was good morals (from today’s point of view: most of what they did was actually criminal). I said strong ones.
Having strong morals is mutually exclusive with compromising your morals to enrich yourself, which we’ve established is something they did.