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>In my values and ethics, honesty isn't transactional. It's not something you practice because you expect the same back.

Nor in mine, I'd like to be honest 100% of the time. Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world, and practicing morality usually just opens you up to be exploited and stepped on. It doesn't mean you need to be a shitty person, but you also shouldn't be a doormat.

Bad people don't play by the rules. If the good people let them they will take over. The only solution is for everyone to break the rules.



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