should a government official be purged if their corruption benefits everyone

[Wesley Williams]

If you mean just generally immoral activity, maybe read The Prince? I don't remember much about it from highschool but I recall it discussing the "greater good" and stuff.

Anyways, I think anything that benefits everyone is ultimately good.

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[Foxscotch]

Anyways, I think anything that benefits everyone is ultimately good.

aint u a republican

[Perry]

the ones who get called 'corrupt' and 'evil' are the true heroes; they're taking the persona bullet and making themselves look bad so they can save the world on the low.

Riddler is a prime example

[Wesley Williams]

aint u a republican

what?

[Foxscotch]

what?

sorry, aren't you a member of the republican party?

[Operator¹]

sorry, aren't you a member of the republican party?

no man it's called the alt-right, well it's just the right now.

[Nonnel]

sometimes strings have to be pulled for the good of the people. If your corruption benefits the general populace, you're a hero. if it benefits you and your oval office squad, then no

i'm not arguing that i'd rather corruption favor the general populace than the higher ups
i'm just saying that corruption can't, by definition, benefit everyone

[beachbum111111]

I think what OP means is that if a politician is doing shady, potentially illegal stuff behind the scenes, but he's doing it to benefit the people and in the end it only helps the average person in the country.

Like I guess for an example if a politician is laundering money but he's putting the money towards a social project that is beneficial to everyone and wouldn't get funded otherwise.

[Nonnel]

Guess it depends where they're actually getting the money

[Drydess]

no man it's called the alt-right, well it's just the right now.

at this point i prefer to call it the "WRONG" party

[Red Spy]

The alt-right is legitimately just a bunch of losers jerking off while browsing 4chan

And the weirdest part is they're not even right wing

[Rally]

'alt right' is a stupid term. I don't think it actually defines anything important.

sorry, aren't you a member of the republican party?

You're a condescending dipstuff, you know that? Obviously he was asking what the relevance was, but there is none. What would you have even said if he said he was a republican? Or would you have just said "got em xD" to yourself and not responded?

[Toxicology]

nuke what are you planning here

[Darryl McKoy]

You're a condescending dipstuff, you know that?

[Foxscotch]

Obviously he was asking what the relevance was, but there is none.

sure it's relevant. very few republican stances involve benefiting everyone. they generally prefer to benefit rich straight white guys, and pretty much forget anyone else exists (or, often, punish them for existing in a way they don't agree with). take the opposition to gay marriage, for example. there is literally no way, through any stretch of the imagination, that you could genuinely think that helps everyone