Bad Faith Arguments
Bad faith argument: sex of the angles. The Byzantines were so preoccupied with whether angels were male or had no sex that they neglected to defend themselves against the Ottoman invasion.
Bad faith argument: When Stalin rose to power, rather than focusing on infrastructure, he chose to superficially unite the Russian people by instilling in them a fear of the West.
Now it's our turn with the bad faith argument. The Trump/MAGA obsession with asserting the country’s capitalism, as well as one’s own patriotism, prevents true unity aimed at altering national priorities in order to help as many Americans as possible.
The disregarding of good faith arguments simply because they are difficult to discuss in favor of irrelevant, bad faith arguments that are easily resolved led to the collapse of both the Byzantine Empire and Soviet Union, as well as to the immeasurable suffering of their people. This will also happen in the U.S. if the good faith arguments that must be had continue to be ignored.
And today, Trump continues to ignore the economy and insists on arguing that he won the 2020 election.
Bad faith argument: When Stalin rose to power, rather than focusing on infrastructure, he chose to superficially unite the Russian people by instilling in them a fear of the West.
Now it's our turn with the bad faith argument. The Trump/MAGA obsession with asserting the country’s capitalism, as well as one’s own patriotism, prevents true unity aimed at altering national priorities in order to help as many Americans as possible.
The disregarding of good faith arguments simply because they are difficult to discuss in favor of irrelevant, bad faith arguments that are easily resolved led to the collapse of both the Byzantine Empire and Soviet Union, as well as to the immeasurable suffering of their people. This will also happen in the U.S. if the good faith arguments that must be had continue to be ignored.
And today, Trump continues to ignore the economy and insists on arguing that he won the 2020 election.
