There is a remarkable supposition in the democracy: The belief that some
subsets in the culture can, justly, pass judgment on another. This is
not universal; blacks cannot pass judgment on Asians, nor the educated
on the uneducated. But politicians can pass judgment on economic groups.
For
example, it is generally assumed that a group drilling and fracking for
Marcellus shale will do so without any regard for the safety of the
neighboring community and that the environmental and government groups
that volunteer their concerns have both the right and the moral
authority to intervene on the community's behalf.
The President can
vilify a segment of the population solely on the basis of their tax
bracket and that judgment is taken as serious and honest.
Senators
can discuss destructive and malicious behavior on Wall Street in the
most general terms and their opinions taken as pure as the driven snow.
If you run afoul of the IRS, you are guilty until proven innocent.
When did this disparity of morality develop? When did the dreadful gravity of politics attract virtue?
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