Don't try that S. Molineux bs on me. You post a shrill wall of text with some rhetorical questions peppered in the middle and then try some high school debate tactics when I tell you to chill.

Let me try again, charitably.

The provision for our defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. Men are not angels, and angels do not govern men.

Only powerful people can oppose other powerful people. But powerful people are not always on the same side. Sometimes the interests of the powerful align with freedom and human dignity, thus, sometimes the good guys win, even if they powerful people are only in it for themselves. Or, in rare cases, there are actually virtuous people in power. In a classic example, think of Cincinnatus.

So yes, sometimes the good guys win. If I listed to all the faggots on this board and took everything said to heart, I'd think that Cincinnatus was bribed, a Jewish 5th column, and the foreign invasion that Rome had to repel was an inside job.

Don't try that S. Molineux bs on me. You post a shrill wall of text with some rhetorical questions peppered in the middle and then try some high school debate tactics when I tell you to chill.

Let me try again, charitably.

The provision for our defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. Men are not angels, and angels do not govern men.

Only powerful people can oppose other powerful people. But powerful people are not always on the same side. Sometimes the interests of the powerful align with freedom and human dignity, thus, sometimes the good guys win, even if they powerful people are only in it for themselves. Or, in rare cases, they are actually virtuous people in power. In a classic example, think if Cincinnatus.

So yes, sometimes the good guys win. If I listed to all the faggots on this board and took everything said to heart, I'd think that Cincinnatus was bribed, a Jewish 5th column, and the foreign invasion that Rome had to repel was an inside job.