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minus-squarequack@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·26 days agoHoly mother of false equivalence. So what’s the alternative then? Just let politicians get away with crimes and elect them anyway? Because that doesn’t seem to be going too well for the US.
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoThe alternative is to punish them like any other citizen: prison or fines. All I’m against is disallowing them to run in elections. If the people still vote for a convict, obviously the system is broken and needs to be fixed.
Holy mother of false equivalence.
So what’s the alternative then? Just let politicians get away with crimes and elect them anyway? Because that doesn’t seem to be going too well for the US.
The alternative is to punish them like any other citizen: prison or fines. All I’m against is disallowing them to run in elections.
If the people still vote for a convict, obviously the system is broken and needs to be fixed.