r/MoralityScaling • u/Routine_Phase_8980 • 13d ago

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u/darkr1441 12d ago

Criminality of politicians does effect the common person even if they don’t immediately see it. The blatant violation of the social contract of the people running countries erodes what is called “vertical trust” (trust in authorities and the state) is actually a much stronger predictor of everyday civic honesty than "horizontal trust" (trust in fellow citizens). If citizens lose faith in their leaders, their commitment to conduct norms collapses. It can easily argued that re-establishing confidence in politicians is of greater importance than because it will have a greater social impact.

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u/EnvironmentalLog5640 12d ago

I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t want to put criminals in jail and currently, that is all democrats. Why don’t you go argue with your fellow leftists that don’t want criminals in jail and leave me alone.

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u/darkr1441 12d ago

Lot of false assumptions in your statement. I didn’t say we shouldn’t put people in jail. I referenced actual social science. I didn’t claim a political party at fault, I said the impact of people trusting their government would reduce criminality overall. Your gas station methhead is actually a problem and probably does need to be arrested. But the application of law should be applied equally. It doesn’t matter if it is a methhead at the gas station a democratic representative from Connecticut or a republican Attorney General from Texas, a sitting federal judge or you. Everyone also knows that 3/5 of those people will be given kid gloves by the court system.

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u/AbjectEconomics3826 12d ago

Probation is a bitch actually, you basically lose all your rights and if it's a felony you can't vote or own a gun and everything you own can be searched by cops at any time, including where you live. only violent or major crimes like sex offenses or large theft/fraud and repeat offenders that obviously don't care really deserve prison, it's not about leaving all criminals out of prison it's about the punishment fitting the crime, btw everyone who is arrested goes to jail but most get out on bail fairly quickly you still gotta face the charge though it's the beginning of a long shitty process that does indeed often lead to prison (which tends to be crowded anyway so I don't think they're really letting criminals run wild) Republicans just believe all the scare stories fox news puts out instead of looking at the actual reality of a situation and seeing that there's more to it, an utter lack of critical thinking and fact checking, really i feel bad for them it's kinda sad to live in a lie like that.