Don_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 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-square30fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down16
arrow-up1236arrow-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 to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoSane people don’t kill other people.
minus-square@daddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 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-square@Zipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 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.