I'm honestly not sure what you're arguing for. All politicians lie constantly. I'm sure the ones you named also lie frequently. It's all just mind games to confuse people during a war.

[–] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

this does not answer the question.
do all politicians lie? is this like a universal truth of the universe? do they have to lie?

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For 2., to be successful mostly so, unfortunately.

[–] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Agian, is this a universal truth or just in the US system or Liberal democratic system, is it not possible (and I am not saying the Russian Federation is this system I am now asking in hypotheticals) where that would not be the case

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

What do you even mean by universal truth? In math this makes sense, but not here. You cannot say anything meaningful in this context using such a qualifier. The closest you get to universal truth is that people have some property, unfortunately, so that saying certain things makes you popular because it is what people want to hear, regardless of truth value.