no, serious? wow logic is highly under-rated.
with music, art and writing, nothing is ever truly original; we are sponges, influenced by who we like and what we have heard. there are only so many ways to pleasingly combine notes. but at some point a piece becomes original.
for instance anyone who writes on the taj mahal and uses facts, that writing is not original. its just a fact written in a slightly different way. it becomes original when the writer puts their unique perspective in there.
however plagiarism has a specific definition, and whether you accept it or not, if someone chooses to vote based on it, well, thats their choice.
i blame the advent of fake news, where its ok to be biased and make up your own truth, because there is no such thing as pure truth or some such idiocy. if we lose our values, then we might as well go anarchist
funny you say that, because that is probably what they've use to excuse it... meaning, they invoke anarchism.
possibly. probably. while im no fan of big government, there are certain principles i hold true. without these, people are free to be assholes - to lie, cheat, steal, hurt, manipulate. and im not sure that i want to live in that world.