Post Ak1e6B6KpmMuF5Jrou by maya_b@hachyderm.io
 (DIR) More posts by maya_b@hachyderm.io
 (DIR) Post #Ak1dxhnjt2Y13Na6Rk by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-07-17T15:21:49Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       A person who says "they are all corrupt" is probably corrupt themselves, since they can't imagine anything else is possible.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1e6B6KpmMuF5Jrou by maya_b@hachyderm.io
       2024-07-17T15:23:14Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @futurebird the old "every accusation is an admission" strikes again. and again.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1eJziXxHYQzTmTDs by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
       2024-07-17T15:25:39Z
       
       0 likes, 1 repeats
       
       @futurebird There's a saying in Spanish for that: "piensa el ladrón que son todos de su condición" (thieves believe everyone is stealing).
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1f1AQM1Yd2eGrF1k by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
       2024-07-17T15:33:35Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @futurebird myrmepropagandist: As you mention this, I think back to all my friends and family that say this. They’d frequently say: What’s the point of voting, when ALL politicians are corrupt… I wonder now what side they are really on…
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1fKEdKb9KhCo1IMC by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-07-17T15:37:06Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @rlstone4dems I was thinking more of people in power who appeal to this feeling. I guess it's different when people feel like they have no good choices because there is always some truth in that? I guess the difference for me is I want to work with people who can at least imagine people working for something bigger than themselves... some of the time? Because when you resign to everyone being corrupt you are a little fool if you don't get your own little bit of the grift.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1fMfg31ME9exS63U by nowan@mastodon.social
       2024-07-17T15:37:18Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @futurebird It's also permission: if everyone is corrupt, my little corruption is no big deal.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1fSYuX5hgsPa2Jo8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-07-17T15:38:20Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @nowan YUP.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak1laIuF4ytIocyX56 by ianrogers@mstdn.social
       2024-07-17T16:47:11Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @futurebird or at least would be if in the same position.