It would be great, for example, if Donald Trump’s calumnies about Mexicans made him unelectable. If a country’s political culture is such that all agree on condemning intentional lies and liars, especially when their goal is to promote hatred, a country may avoid big evil.
在美国，惩罚说谎的政治候选人是一种自然倾向，但大部分情况下这只关乎个人过失。比如，如果唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）因为诽谤墨西哥裔而导致他无法当选，这就是一件好事。如果一国的政治文化是所有人都同意应该谴责故意撒谎和撒谎者，特别是如果撒谎的目的是散播仇恨的话，那么这个国家就能避免大恶。