1) The claim that no one can win an election unless they violate core democratic and constitutional norms is empirically false. 2) Some Republicans care about defending norms. Those running Congress and the White House clearly don't. But that's bad. Not something to be emulated. https://twitter.com/MaxAction007/status/1037378955907457026 …
I didn't say cheaters never win. Just that it's not necessary to cheat to win. Admittedly, inherent in this argument is a belief that the norms themselves are valuable and worth defending. If one thinks they're bad on the merits I'd disagree, but it'd be logically consistent.
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You didn't use those words, but it's a fundamental western/Christian tenet, and has been drilled into us from childhood. Follow the rules, stay in line, the meek shall inherit, etc.
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I'm NOT arguing we dispense with ALL social norms... only that sometimes cheating may be warranted to reset a rigged playing field (eg, fix gerrymandering, eliminate vote suppression, etc.)
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