Thought experiment: imagine the praise youd heap onto Obama if he had rejected the fees, then hold him to the standard of that fictional man
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well at least you'd say, "hey he gave that money to charity" then hold him to that middling standard
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sure, i think if he gives the money to charity (super hard to detect if meaningfully the case since he gives so much already) that's good
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and if he doesn't that's meh, not particularly relevant, he's not captain socialism, he's deeply a part of the system
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I'm unclear: are you saying his (or any individual's) actions aren't meaningful, don't meaningfully speak to the systemic problem?
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i'm saying his actions aren't inconsistent with anything he demonstrably stands for, we can demand he stands for other things i guess, sure
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but he is free to decline, as he historically has
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oh, right. I was speaking to people who would 1)argue that 400k speaking fee is bad but 2) don't want to blame O for "getting his"
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Maybe no one's actually in this category
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