Audio version of this piece. I’m just going to launch right in here. The last two years make a great case for “tradition”, broadly defined, as the accumulated wisdom received from hundreds or thousands of years of human experience. No one is capable of consciously keeping in mind or comprehending all of that wisdom as a piece because it is too extensive. “Tradition” serves as sort of the collective brain for things your brain cannot keep track of. “
If you consider “the weak leading the weak” and what it leads to, and start looking at the past, well, there's the Russian and French Revolutions staring right back at you.
This country isn't centralized the way Russia and France were. It isn't as vulnerable to the damage a single leader can do. But, how many of the 50 governors have done a respectable job over the last 20 months? I think it's 5 at the most, and I don't know that any of the 50 have earned admiration for what they've done.
A few more general thoughts about the last two years
If you consider “the weak leading the weak” and what it leads to, and start looking at the past, well, there's the Russian and French Revolutions staring right back at you.
This country isn't centralized the way Russia and France were. It isn't as vulnerable to the damage a single leader can do. But, how many of the 50 governors have done a respectable job over the last 20 months? I think it's 5 at the most, and I don't know that any of the 50 have earned admiration for what they've done.