- 10 Sep 2023 01:20
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What has been the historical tendency in dealing with remaining enemies when one group wins control?
Like, how was the USSR purge? What happened to monarchists and supporters of the British after the US war of independence?
How did France react after the nazi’s were kicked out? How did ancient civilizations treat enemies?
And after stating such an account, what is your judgement about the efficacy of
those actions in retaining control?
I keep speculating that even in a modern government it makes sense to remove those with opposing ideological commitments from pivotal positions. At the same time there is presented a dichotomy however of pursuing ideological purity over competence and promoting useful idiots.
When it comes to an entire society I wonder what one makes of say the French whose police collaborated with the Nazis and institutionally continue a legacy based in that subordination.
And I wonder how things might’ve been different in regards to the American civil war where there seem policy decisions that are incredibly lenient on traitors and wonder what the trade off is in being lenient if not risking the perpetuation of an opposing ideology.
But then without resorting to some extreme mass slaughter of a people, there are effective attacks on political organization of certain ideas that may persist but never fond substantial ground and are broken again and again across generations.
Like, how was the USSR purge? What happened to monarchists and supporters of the British after the US war of independence?
How did France react after the nazi’s were kicked out? How did ancient civilizations treat enemies?
And after stating such an account, what is your judgement about the efficacy of
those actions in retaining control?
I keep speculating that even in a modern government it makes sense to remove those with opposing ideological commitments from pivotal positions. At the same time there is presented a dichotomy however of pursuing ideological purity over competence and promoting useful idiots.
When it comes to an entire society I wonder what one makes of say the French whose police collaborated with the Nazis and institutionally continue a legacy based in that subordination.
And I wonder how things might’ve been different in regards to the American civil war where there seem policy decisions that are incredibly lenient on traitors and wonder what the trade off is in being lenient if not risking the perpetuation of an opposing ideology.
But then without resorting to some extreme mass slaughter of a people, there are effective attacks on political organization of certain ideas that may persist but never fond substantial ground and are broken again and again across generations.
https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/pdfs/For%20Ethical%20Politics.pdf#page90
-For Ethical Politics
-For Ethical Politics