"The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity."
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
Yet "bossing other men" is the very essence of American politics whether of the Left or Right as well Moderate. The passionately extreme aspects or endpoints of the same linear political scale merely indicates a greater eagerness towards "bossing other men". For if one hopes for some conjured "better" society on behalf of others and proactively pursue it, the first strategy is persuasion, the second and inevitable necessity is coercion (force). In other words, it is the gathering of those who consented to the "better" idea in sufficient numbers, in order to forcefully impose upon those who dissented. This is the ethical failure of all political systems, including this country's democracy.
Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).
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