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Quote from: Odohu on August 16, 2023, 04:22:41 PM

But is politics supposed to really be about lies?

the greatest political lies all start with "if I'm elected....." Roll Eyes

When I hear campaign promises, I rather try to hear them as possible lies, but in the end, it is up to the candidate for them to be lies or not, in the case they manage to get power..

we voted out a bunch of liars only to elect another bunch of liars.

It also mostly depends on the culture and the nation itself we would be talking about, in my opinion. There are cultures in which it is more socially acceptable for a politician to give up on corruption and adopt lies as main driving force to continue within the world of politics. That is why I don't like the current status of the politics wibtin the western hemisphere, where it is approaching, it would seem that the quality of politicians is decreasing in a very rapid progression, leading to demagogy and liars to have a chance to get in positions which they were never supposed to be in the first place.
There are countries in which politics is regarded as a serious matter and it those caught in corruption are used as an example of punishment, Japan and Nordic countries come to mind when I think of highly functioning democracies.