I don’t agree with this, Phil. Politics is hard not just because a handful of people are violent but because people have different goals and different ideas about how to achieve them. Sometimes people who aren’t especially violent will resort to violence to forward their goals. And in many cases the problem is that we fail to act in our collective best interest. Climate change, for example, isn’t primarily caused by violent people.
A moving and insightful essay. Thank you. Enjoy your vacation!
Thanks, Bill!
I don’t agree with this, Phil. Politics is hard not just because a handful of people are violent but because people have different goals and different ideas about how to achieve them. Sometimes people who aren’t especially violent will resort to violence to forward their goals. And in many cases the problem is that we fail to act in our collective best interest. Climate change, for example, isn’t primarily caused by violent people.