I like this quote from a post that I published around two years ago, which wasn’t well-received and I ended up taking down:
But at the end of the day, the American governments (neither state nor federal) don’t truly follow the will of the people. Instead, they are led jointly by the major parties, The Red Prince of Moloch and The Blue Prince of Moloch, two partners in an intricate dance choreographed to look like a fight, but ultimately leading both partners in the direction of Moloch’s will, only loosely bound to the will of the people.
While I don’t necessarily endorse the post as a whole, that quote is one of the gems from it that I still stand by. I might expand further on this point in the future
I like the quote, but I’m not sure it’s a particularly useful model. The “will of the people” seems to be tribal and uncooperative. The more intellectual of “the people” are good at hypocrisy and evasion, but still seem to be acting mostly to reinforce their in-tribe prestige.
There are some exceptions (me and thee, of course), but they really can’t be said to be “the people”.
I like this quote from a post that I published around two years ago, which wasn’t well-received and I ended up taking down:
While I don’t necessarily endorse the post as a whole, that quote is one of the gems from it that I still stand by. I might expand further on this point in the future
I like the quote, but I’m not sure it’s a particularly useful model. The “will of the people” seems to be tribal and uncooperative. The more intellectual of “the people” are good at hypocrisy and evasion, but still seem to be acting mostly to reinforce their in-tribe prestige.
There are some exceptions (me and thee, of course), but they really can’t be said to be “the people”.