Post #1362018
2026-03-31 13:48 UTC
Probably because Washington was a nuanced and deep person who, at the lightest, could be reduced to a colony-era [Cincinnatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus). His ethics were sufficiently developed that we can interrogate his ethical stance even without his physical presence. This isn't to say that Washington was a great person, but more to say that Kirk did not ever achieve that level of ethical development.
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@istewart@awful.systems 2026-03-31 15:45
A chatbot interface offers no meaningful advantages for interrogating Washington's ethical stance, over and above the documents that are already available. Instead, it offers a pleasant sheen of false certainty. So in that way, it's dragging a guy who's been dead for two centuries into the social media era. Huzzah!