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by EvilEndures 2855 days ago
Individual actions by individual actors in the US political system were evil. That does not mean US as a whole is evil. Merely that evil people got into power for periods of time.

A country cannot be judged as if it acted with one mind, one body, and one will.
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andrepd 2855 days ago
The people consented, and benefited from, that state of affairs. In a democracy, that means the people can answer for the actions of their leaders. Although I concede reality is far from being as simple as this, to some extent at least we must hold the electorate of the US responsible for the actions of the government of the US, no?
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EvilEndures 2855 days ago
As an independent, I'm given two choices every election to pick from. I like neither and hold my nose as I vote for the lesser evil.

Do you feel I should be held responsible for the actions of Trump given:

A) I didn't vote for him.

B) I didn't really want to vote for Clinton, but I did.

C) I didn't have a third option with a realistic chance of winning the presidency.

D) The "lesser evil" voting strategy has been my life since I turned 18 and I can't really stand either party.

If you answered "No", you just admitted there is no true majority in the US since this is how a third of the electorate votes.

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dang 2855 days ago
Can you please stop using HN primarily for political battle? That's a violation of the site guidelines and the spirit of intellectual curiosity that, against the odds, we're trying to keep up here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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andrepd 2854 days ago
I would say we're having a respectful discussion about politics, not a "political battle".
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dang 2854 days ago
I believe you in this case but when an account is using HN primarily for political arguments, that breaks the site guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

I've written many explanations of why we do it this way, if you or anyone is interested: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

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EvilEndures 2854 days ago
I'll stop posting then and if there is ever any reference or link to me on HN, remove it. Thanks.

I'm happy to absolutely no contact with HN/YCombinator/related companies if they do the same. :)

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