Comment on How come Presidents don't just be honest with people? Like say I started this war because I own oil stock so tough shit. Or like yea I was a pedo back then so tough shit. so on and son on ?

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

You’re overlooking 500 people in congress, their hangers-on, governers, their hangers-on, etc.

Politics is the nature of groups of people.

Al you always completely honest with everyone you talk to?

Read Machiavelli. This is all just human nature at scale.

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