(May 27, 2016 at 8:08 pm)abaris Wrote:(May 27, 2016 at 8:04 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Don't you think those programs have improved everyone's quality of life?
Of course it did. And that's not the point. The point is that even someone not caring about the great unwashed can do good, even if it's not his primary goal. A little bit of brain was all that was needed, since Bismarck wanted to ensure inner peace.
And Bismark had brain to spare. I would love to have a government that was informed by humanistic values, but in lieu of that, I'll take government by people who aren't irrational idiots any day.
A Gemma is forever.