Because Aurelius is right, wouldn’t you agree, we now need leaders who can unite the United States?
“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” was part of Abraham Lincoln’s address to the 1868 Illinois Republican State Convention. Those words are in the Bible dozens of times, in the books of Mark, Matthew, Luke, even Psalm 133:1 which says, “How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity.”
Consider:
This country’s founders wanted a Republic with strong Democratic values to avoid factions, special interests, oligarchs, despots, monarchy, weak central government, and mob rule, which happens when a “pure” Democracy devolves into anarchy. Read more.
Here’s the difference between a republic and a democracy, which decides how people can and cannot live, as when baseball was illegal on Sunday and using condoms was against the law. See Booze, Bets & Sex That Built America.
Until the 1960s, these were criminal acts:
- birth control, especially for single women.
- shopping on Sundays
- marriage [even sex] outside one’s race
- More.
At the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists, Shawn Rosenberg stated that democracy is devouring itself and won’t last. Why? “When people are left to make political decisions on their own they drift toward the simple solutions right-wing populists worldwide offer: a deadly mix of xenophobia, racism and authoritarianism.” More.
Bill Maher’s comments in the following video add insights.
Bill Maher looks at representation and why it’s failing in his June 24, 2020 commentary. Click image to watch.
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