Is Putin evil?

Posted by Lucky 3 years ago to Ask the Gulch
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I have been asked this question by a correspondent (of a different opinion set).
An answer is not easy at least for me to justify to another person as we disagree even on what are the facts that relate.

If a person is evil, is it from their actions and effects, or by intentions?

Your opinion? I prefer an answer from an Objectivist standpoint rather than a religious one.

What well known names in the media today would qualify for a loud and clear- Yes?

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  • Posted by $ Markus_Katabri 3 years ago
    I’ll take a Putin over a Biden.
    When you peel off all the layers of propaganda, is Biden evil?
    Mhubb hits the nail on the head. And drives it clear through 2x4s.
    Perspective....
    There’s a whole other side to this conflict that is being suppressed.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 3 years ago
    Truthfully, he isn't good. However, yo have to give credit when its due, he is 100% working toward the interest of his nation and his nation alone. That said, while respectable, it can be very bad to leaders trying to build a consensus for a NWO using social and financial coercion.

    Governing Evil, to me, is any system which takes free will and self determination away from the individual.

    The full court press by world powers and their propaganda outlets tells me Putin isn't evil, he's just not on the acceptable same page.
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  • Posted by buffalolips 3 years ago
    Opinion: A gun or knife or baseball bat is not evil, but depends on the intent of the holder's actions, thus changing a gun or knife or a baseball bat from an inanimate object into a weapon to knowingly and intentionally inflict harm. What makes a person's actions "evil" is similarly his or her knowing intention to do harm. The combination of knowingly and intent is the prerequisite to the actions taken in order to make the determination of true evil. The better question IMO is who is more evil, NATO's de facto leadership or RUSSIA's Putin? Which party has refused to adhere to prior agreements and inflicted continuous harm to the Russian speaking inhabitants of Donbass for the last 8+ years? There you have the evil you're looking for.
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  • Posted by mhubb 3 years ago in reply to this comment.
    part of me believes that those like pelosi, schummer, biden's handlers think that Putin has the same objectives as they do.

    they are wrong
    unlike them, Putin seems to be a patriot (for Russia) and wants Russia power, meaningful on the world stage again, as the Soviet Union was.

    the our government seems to not be able to communicate a message without major revisions, corrections, "biden didn't mean that" is likely to get us into a Hot War with 2 nuclear armed powers

    actions designed to do that can have unintended consequences, just as the coup that gave the election to biden is having unintended consequences
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  • Posted by freedomforall 3 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I have no respect for any of them and will allow them no excuses. They are evil traitors and should be punished to the max for treason.
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  • Posted by $ 25n56il4 3 years ago
    Perhaps what we are seeing is 'Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya' I have more toys than you do. I think Pelosi is a case of arrested development, Schumer is just stupid, Biden never matured, and I could go on and on.
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  • Posted by mhubb 3 years ago
    the basic problem we all face right now is "who do you believe?"

    we have been lied to for at least 5 years, about Trump, about covid, about the 2020 election, to name 3 things

    we have been lied to about other things for much, much longer

    what is clear it hat the average people of Ukraine , just like us, had little say in their corrupt government, are suffering for reasons beyond their control and some people on both sides seem determined to keep the war going

    the risk is that the government of the United States is being run by clueless children that cannot see beyond they own personal desire for more and more power
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