@Crackhappy to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 month 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-square60arrow-up173arrow-down19
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-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 to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square60
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechterlink0•edit-21 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month 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.