Some realities of identity politics, and what it means to give away individual choice [also called “moral agency”] hasn’t changed much. I love this Old Testament “I told you so” from the Prophet Samuel. I think it applies today, and not only in this country to the real results and risks of choosing a “strong leader” over being a responsible, educated citizen of a viable republic:
Told you so, ~600 BCE edition:
“So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, ‘These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots; and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers. He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers. He will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day.'”
1 Samuel 8:10-18
For those that feel this way, there is a local “People’s Inauguration” where it will be the ideals of participatory democracy and the Republic Benjamin Franklin said would be ours if we fought to keep it, being inaugurated. Guess where? Dewey Square. And you are invited to THIS inauguration – official start time 3:30 PM. http://boston.carpediem.cd/events/2229635-boston-peoples-inauguration-investidura-popular-de-boston-posse-do-povo-boston-at-dewey-square/
Maybe it will show up later?
Comments to make my post visible. And I too wondered if this was a caused outage rather than accidental – and obviously, not a fully repaired outage. Be well all of you, and good night.