By Eric Le Roy
In the 21st century, people eager to don the mantel of idealism are inclined toward harsh judgments of the past. Often they are right, for who among us would shout, “Bring back slavery!!” Or “Cancel Human Rights!”? It’s even getting harder all the time to talk someone into advocating for the return of capital punishment.
As for me, I would be uncomfortable in a place … Read the rest
People like “strong leadership” for the same reason people like a single pill that fixes diabetes: it feels clean, it feels decisive, and it lets you stop thinking about the messy parts—diet, adherence, side effects, long-term damage. The problem is that politics, like medicine, punishes magical thinking. Fast action is not the same thing as correct action, and the price of being wrong at scale is paid in blood, debt, … Read the rest
