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Mike Lew's avatar

This country has a massive vice problem. It's not that everyone is some sort of sexual deviant. The vice problem comes from the fact that our society is organized to honor one of the seven deadly sins: greed.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

JVL, I finally get what you're saying. Republicans now view virtuous people as tame conformists who will not have the strength to make the changes that must be made. On the other hand, sinful people are both willing to break the rules of morality and to break with old structures and policies that are deeply entrenched.

There is a partial truth to this that makes it seductive.

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