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Quote by: Autolykos  Doesn't purism suggest consistency and integrity? What about honesty? Or do people, by and large, prefer candidates who make them feel good, without really meaning what they say? After all this time, have people learned nothing? |
Are consistency and integrity in the service of bad policies virtues? Are people who compromise dishonest? I think our Founding Fathers looked at "purists" and "compromisers" and chose the latter as the best gamble. They set up three independent branches of government, each specifically tasked with "checks and balances" against purists (ie a king or the majority or mob rule). Those checks and balances demand compromise. It's not a choice.