"THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS"
@profree2019 (1218)
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
April 13, 2021 2:27pm CST
If there is a phrase that has always caught my attention, from the first time I read it it was this "The end Justifies The Means" attributed to Nicolas Machiavelli. This phrase is something like a suit that some people put on to justify their actions, usually bad ones, which go against all the ethical and moral principles of humanity.
In my country, where sadly we have a communist government, I think that phrase is what marks the actions of those who govern, because under deception they make people think that they are carrying out their actions to obtain the well-being of the people, when in reality what they are looking for It is their personal good and for that reason, for them, it does not matter what tricks they use but to maintain full power.
Now, what do you think about this phrase? Have you ever used this phrase in your actions?
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
14 Apr 21
@profree2019 I understand and feel so awful for you. A former myLotter left your country and moved to Chile. He was very miserable in Venezuela.
@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
14 Apr 21
It is sad friend, but it is reality. I remember that when I was a child, I was very poor, but I was able to study with effort and with the help of my mother I was able to become a professional. And so I raised my family, but now after having university degrees and a position that would lift me out of poverty. time is worse not only do I feel poor, but even worse "miserable". I say this because poverty can be overcome by oneself, but misery implies humiliation on the part of others.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
14 Apr 21
is what I want, to run away, but I still can't
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@porwest (78755)
• United States
15 Apr 21
Most of the time the phrase connotes something good. But certainly it is not always the reality. I tell you, you have a very bad situation in your company as I have expressed before, and I REALLY wish some people here in the United States would pay closer attention to a country like yours and understand that communism and socialism DO NOT WORK, and your country is one most recent example of that.
A country that had great resources, good people, means, and a vibrant economy has been literally destroyed by communism and socialism.
It's a dirty rotten shame.
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@porwest (78755)
• United States
17 Apr 21
@profree2019 Many countries just don't interfere, and while it hurts some I think overall it is the best way to go about things. It is up to the people of your country to help themselves and take back their own country. I am not sure how you do that. But that's usually the best course.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
17 Apr 21
@porwest You're right. I've always thought that we should be the ones who do something to get out of this. For my part, I have done what I can, but I know that every action puts my life and the safety of my family at risk. I've seen a lot of people die and it's like it doesn't matter. They have absolute power and there is no law that appears to us. It is for this reason that "friendly" countries should act. They have armed the townspeople who support them and they are a bunch of armed madmen, they have given some prisoners freedom and arms to defend their government. Thus a people without weapons only with stones and their chest in front, they cannot count Ak47 and and any other type of weapons that they distribute among their thugs. It's really hard.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
15 Apr 21
Friend, one of the things that worries me the most is that of international aid, I jumped with joy when they mentioned that they helped, when they placed these thugs on the Interpol list, offering rewards, and in many of those cases where they offer help , but it does not materialize. This seems a lie to me, I cannot believe that such powerful countries have not been able to finish off these criminals. We don't need handouts, we need stocks to end them.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
6 May 21
No, the end does not justify the means. Never can evil be used to produce a good.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
6 May 21
Totally and absolutely agree with you friend.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
15 Apr 21
Sounds logical. So it should be, good triumph over evil.
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@CarolDM (203449)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Apr 21
If the goals are good and noble, and the means we use to achieve them are also good and noble, then yes, the ends do justify the means. But that’s not what most people mean when they use the expression. Most use it as an excuse to achieve their goals through any means necessary, no matter how immoral, illegal, or unpleasant the means may be.
Do the ends justify the means? Under what circumstances do the ends justify the means?
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
15 Apr 21
I totally agree with you friend Carol. I read your contribution, very interesting. Especially in the comparisons they make about the decisions that sometimes have to be made.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
15 Apr 21
Always democracy, it will be better than communism. He who works the most and tries the most, has the right to have more, and to enjoy what he has earned.
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