• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    250 years ago, men in positions of power were expected to adhere to a minimum public standard or remove themselves out of honor. This is something the current Republican party doesn’t care at all about so the system is breaking down.

    Not to mention, the only people eligible to vote were rich landowners that could delegate daily “work”, so they had the time and were expected to stay up to date on politics. It was essentially required of their position in society.

    • FireTower@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      250 years ago, men in positions of power were expected to adhere to a minimum public standard or remove themselves out of honor.

      I feel like impropriety isn’t a new problem. For example in 1787 we had to remove senator William Blount for trying to get Britain to invade Florida in a land speculation scheme. This is more so just recency bias.