Tag: Self Government
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The Ravages Of Magical Thinking
Think magical thinking isn’t potent? Magical thinking is threatening our democracy in real time! Left unchecked, it will bring down the greatest experiment ever in human self government. To be fair, magical thinking now threatens lots of the world. Maybe it just feels like the bulk of its focus is here. Right wingers don’t look…
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The Only Problem With The Rule Of Law Is That It Can’t Enforce Itself
A great idea is only that – a great idea – until somebody drags it kicking and screaming into reality. Inventions don’t invent themselves. An engaged, sentient mind must do the inventing. Humans aren’t the only intelligent creatures capable of “inventing” things. Prior to the first beaver building its first dam, no such thing existed.…
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WE Alone Can Fix It
The Big Lie that helped bring us the Age Of Trump flows from that wellspring of bullshit — Libertarianism. “I alone can fix it” is laughably absurd. But, as much as some of us roared the first time Donald Trump spewed those words, some in the crowd — their ears perked up. They, too, think…
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The ‘Good News’ Is The Bad News: We’re ALL Making It Up As We Go Along…
What “is”? Maybe the better question is: “What ISN’T?” What isn’t TRUE? Every single one of us faces that question multiple times every single day. We base the success of a day on how well we navigate that question. “What should I wear today? The weather forecast said rain but they’re wrong so often…?” In…
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Our Retail Politics Are Killing Democracy
In theory anyway, Democracy’s simple: In self-government, the majority of the people get to call the shots. It’s understood that the majority is made up of a multiplicity of views because it includes so much of the citizenry. “What do the citizens want?” That’s the first question. But it needs to be accompanied by ‘But,…