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[TheLobster]

Writing a story in the 2nd person point of view is by far the best.

Paging Dr. @StillStunned, your presence in request in the PoV ward.

 

[SmilingLez]

Honest politician is an oxymoron

 

[MillieDynamite]

That's not at all controversial, just a statement of fact.

Honest politician is an oxymoron

 

[StillStunned]

Paging Dr. @StillStunned, your presence in request in the PoV ward.

One of my 2P stories is rated 4.62. Proof that some readers enjoy it.

 

[iwatchus]

Honest politician is an oxymoron

Any statement of all of anything is almost certainly wrong.

In this case, I strongly believe that most people go into politics with good intentions. It is very hard to maintain your integrity and need to keep running for a seat.

I believe Jimmy Carter kept his integrity to his dying day. You can argue with how effective he was as a President, but I seriously doubt the integrity of anyone who seriously questions his. I have known some high level politicians who were more honest than most people I know.

 

[YmaOHyd]

One of my 2P stories is rated 4.62. Proof that some readers enjoy it.

One of the flagship projects of a pretty successful Patreon-funded author here is written in the second person.

 

[alohadave]

Honest politician is an oxymoron

These are supposed to be controversial, not known laws of the universe.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Honest politicians mostly lose because voters don't like honesty. They want to be told that every problem is the fault of the near-outgroup and that the large man will make it all better.

 

[SmilingLez]

Any statement of all of anything is almost certainly wrong.

In this case, I strongly believe that most people go into politics with good intentions. It is very hard to maintain your integrity and need to keep running for a seat.

I believe Jimmy Carter kept his integrity to his dying day. You can argue with how effective he was as a President, but I seriously doubt the integrity of anyone who seriously questions his. I have known some high level politicians who were more honest than most people I know.

I disagree with you. If you check the financial records of people before they go into politics and when they retire, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, sleepy Joe, Mitch McConnell etc ad nauseam you will see they all retire as multi millionaires. Actually 'public servant' is the oxymoron

 

[iwatchus]

I disagree with you. If you check the financial records of people before they go into politics and when they retire, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, sleepy Joe, Mitch McConnell etc ad nauseam you will see they all retire as multi millionaires. Actually 'public servant' is the oxymoron

Most of those I agree with as being dishonest. Retiring as a multi-millionaire is not what it used to be. If you want a middle class level retirement, you need to have a minimum of a few million in your retirement accounts. Biden has an estimated worth of under $10 million. Which is in line with a family income averaging around 250K over a very long career.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Why's that surprising? I'd expect that if a guy takes a job with a six-figure salary and a bunch of perks and works at it from 35 to 75, he probably ought to be pretty wealthy.