Citizen's United II - the other foot

[kandrathe]

If Team R is playing by the actual rules, and Team D playing by what they'd prefer the rules to be, this means a structural advantage for Team R. And that means (and this is actually irony), that trying to lead by example actually results in the bad rules being harder to overturn.

I'd equate it more to doping in Bike racing. Everyone was doing it, which convinced everyone to do it. Yes, the playing field is the playing field. But, if you believe something is wrong, and do it anyway just to win then I'd say you are being hypocritical, and not true to your beliefs. And, who's to say it is the only way to win? It seems expedient, but I feel a more moral and actual victory would be to expose the doping (or the excessive influence of the Ford Foundation or Koch brothers) and win without it.

Yes, I tend to be idealistic and hope for the type of system I'd respect.