By the 2020s, the American government – reacting to serious problems of homelessness and unemployment – created special Sanctuary Districts in most major cities.

teft@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 month ago

By the 2020s, the American government – reacting to serious problems of homelessness and unemployment – created special Sanctuary Districts in most major cities.

teft@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

That’s the attitude we want around here!

lugal@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Honestly, the end justifying all means is an attitude I’d expect from lemmygrad, not from here. I know, that’s not how you put it, but think about it that way

Echo Dot@feddit.uk · edit-2 1 month ago

“The ends justify the means” is an argument often used by people that know the thing that they’re doing is pretty awful, and are trying to come up with some kind of hand waving justification.

But as a thought process it isn’t bad in and of itself. Every time you undergo surgery it’s because the ends justify the means.

It could be more favorably expressed as “short-term pain, long-term gain”.