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Putin says he would prefer Biden to win the United States election rather than Trump (www.ft.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm honestly not sure what you're arguing for. All politicians lie constantly. I'm sure the ones you named also lie frequently. It's all just mind games to confuse people during a war.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

this does not answer the question.
do all politicians lie? is this like a universal truth of the universe? do they have to lie?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For 2., to be successful mostly so, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Agian, is this a universal truth or just in the US system or Liberal democratic system, is it not possible (and I am not saying the Russian Federation is this system I am now asking in hypotheticals) where that would not be the case

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

What do you even mean by universal truth? In math this makes sense, but not here. You cannot say anything meaningful in this context using such a qualifier. The closest you get to universal truth is that people have some property, unfortunately, so that saying certain things makes you popular because it is what people want to hear, regardless of truth value.