Do you agree with Realpolitik?

Idi Amin · November 21, 2014, 03:45:19 PM

For those of you who don't know what it is here you go:

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Realpolitik (from German: real "realistic", "practical", or "actual"; and Politik "politics", German pronunciation: [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtɪk]) is politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than explicit ideological notions or moral or ethical premises.

Coined by Ludwig von Rochau

So do you agree with the idea of it or not and why?

Lemy the Lizerd · November 21, 2014, 03:47:35 PM

If I was actually a world leader, I would use these tactics. Eat or be eaten, right?

As a citizen who has to deal with the consequences of my leader's decisions, however, I find it highly unethical.

More Than Mortal · November 21, 2014, 03:48:28 PM

Yes, how can one not?

It's like rejecting "might makes right" in ethics.

DAS B00T x2 · November 21, 2014, 03:48:29 PM

Quote from: Revofev on November 21, 2014, 03:45:19 PM

Coined by Mr. Otto von Bismarck himself

Ludwig von Rochau, you mean.

Lemy the Lizerd · November 21, 2014, 03:51:04 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on November 21, 2014, 03:48:28 PM

"might makes right"

this is basically how governments rule anyway

Idi Amin · November 21, 2014, 03:52:14 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on November 21, 2014, 03:48:29 PM

Quote from: Revofev on November 21, 2014, 03:45:19 PM
Coined by Mr. Otto von Bismarck himself
Ludwig von Rochau, you mean.

Ah you're right, let me fix that.