Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down18
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 months agoSane people don’t kill other people.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWell, there’s a classic: “Would you kill hitler?” and a follow-up: “Would you kill baby hitler?”. Now, there’s a lot of ways to discuss these questions and possible answers.
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoEven that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
Sane people don’t kill other people.
Well, there’s a classic: “Would you kill hitler?” and a follow-up: “Would you kill baby hitler?”. Now, there’s a lot of ways to discuss these questions and possible answers.
Even that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.