re: #84 Old Liberal

I have been reading Robert Sapolsky’s book “Behave” and in it he addresses aspects of the Prisoners Dilemma from game theory. I know that many say it is important that we not be like the Republicans, that we must be “better than them”.

Which, as we can plainly see by what’s happening all around us, is the dumbest advice ever. America’s trashy, shallow, reality-tv-driven culture rewards bad behavior and perceives good behavior as wimpy, weak, and ineffective.

To my mind, there are only two things GOPers do that Dems shouldn’t:

1) Lie (what even is the point, when the truth is our greatest weapon?)
2) Cause unnecessary/avoidable harm to innocent third parties

Anything else falls under the “all’s fair in love and war”/”ends justify the means” category.