Picking Your Poison

Murder by police. Voters as "deplorables." Does anyone see a pattern here? This is an infrastructure that is showing hostility toward its citizens. That is, the sum is beginning to despise its parts.



                            Picking Your Poison

In his review of Never Trump, Kling has an interesting summary of the political spectrum of intellectuals:

"For progressives, intellectuals are the technocrats who design and implement policies on behalf of a public that must defer to their scientific and technical expertise. Progressive intellectuals are optimistic that the public will support them in their efforts, as long as people are not fooled or blinded by right-wing opposition.

For libertarians, intellectuals are the philosophers who continually remind people of the intrinsic and practical value of individual liberty. Libertarian intellectuals are optimistic that people will be receptive to the message that freedom is a natural entitlement and economic prosperity comes from voluntary exchange.

For conservatives, intellectuals are the realists who take into account the ignorance and moral weaknesses that characterize all human beings, themselves included. Conservative intellectuals are pessimistic that such imperfect people will form a well-ordered society in the absence of strong social norms and well-established institutions."

Only the libertarians are non-combatants. The progressives and the conservatives both have enough faith in their respective leaders to give them terrific powers toward their noble ends through their separate systems. After this year, all of those dreams must surely be gone. What remains are zombies.