The words at left come from an old college friend who had a stratospheric career in law, especially as it applies to the workplace, and went onto to teach, coach, mentor, and author books on the subject.
America at this point is on the same moral footing as Russia in its illegal invasion of Ukraine.
With its long history of democracy and rule of law, it could have been argued that the Unites States was a great country at some time in the past.
Now, we’re a disgrace on the world stage.
If by “modernism” we mean further development of science and the use of the scientific method to find answers to life’s most persistent questions, then yes, we can all understand why St. Pope Pius X said what he did at left.
We’ve all had bad luck.
Here’s an example from my life as a marketing consultant to large tech companies, including IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
I had just flown into Phoenix from Boston, landing in the late evening and getting a taxi to a posh resort for an all-day team-building exercise with my client the next day.
I saw someone get into a limo as I got out of the cab and yanked my luggage out of the trunk, and I asked someone, “Do you happen to know who that is?”
“Oh yes,” someone explained. “Oh yes. That’s John Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas).” He was performing with his wife (Michelle, pictured at left). They just finished.”
I had missed the Mamas and the Papas by about 20 minutes.
Yes, we Americans can turn off the news feeds and let nature take its course, as Trump leads our descent from a democracy to a fascist state.
Most of us think this is a terrible idea.
My father took three years off from “living” and “being with family” to join millions of brave soldiers who made sure Hitler didn’t take over the world. The situation here and now is no different.
My father wasn’t a liberal. He was a conservative Republican patriot who understood what patriotism really means.
To the reader who sent me this:
This is entirely untrue. What’s the point of spreading malicious lies?
Please Google “World reaction to US invasion of Venezuela.”
Fortunately for this pathetic, dying planet, international law still means something.
You should be deeply ashamed of yourself.
As life in America devolves into fascism, Aristotle’s words at left take on ever-greater meaning.
Illegally invading another sovereign nation? No problem.
It’s widely believed that emotional stress can trigger physical illness, and as an American, it’s virtually impossible not to be stressed out as our nation descends into fascism.
Yet living with the delusion that this is normal and healthy politics as usual is probably even worse.
There’s not much doubt as to where America is going as a country.
It’s the same place that Russia, China, Hungary, Turkey, Ethiopia, Egypt, and 46 other countries have gone.
Leibniz lived at a time in which there was much speculation about God and His workings.
It’s unclear how many people, then and now, bought into this idea. Voltaire’s Candide was a parody of the concept.
Three hundred years later, Bertrand Russell certainly wasn’t a believer. He asked, “If you were granted omnipotence and billions of years to accomplish your will, do you think you couldn’t do any better than the Nazis and the KKK?”
Nowadays, we might ask why God installed Donald Trump as the leader of the most powerful country in human history.
