Years ago I read Thomas Carlyle's book on the French Revolution. One of the ideas he discussed is that civil society is just a set of habits. Once those habits are broken, what is unleashed is very ugly indeed. In our current situation, there is a concerted, sustained effor to undermine the rule of law. Rule of law is one of the habits t…
Years ago I read Thomas Carlyle's book on the French Revolution. One of the ideas he discussed is that civil society is just a set of habits. Once those habits are broken, what is unleashed is very ugly indeed. In our current situation, there is a concerted, sustained effor to undermine the rule of law. Rule of law is one of the habits that create civil society. Deliberately trying to turn the law into a partisan weapon is the road to violence as neither side will have any longer an arbiter to appeal to.
So my concern is that as time goes by, the balance of power tilts toward lethal automation and whoever controls it rather than with the people. They may not care if they strip away civil society if they think they can suppress popular resistance. Ten years ago, American elites were pining to be more like China and now we are and more like them every day. It is an ugly road to be on.
Totally agree. All the more reason to never give up our 2A rights, we may have need of them. They were putting people in Covid camps in Australia, for Gods sake!
Years ago I read Thomas Carlyle's book on the French Revolution. One of the ideas he discussed is that civil society is just a set of habits. Once those habits are broken, what is unleashed is very ugly indeed. In our current situation, there is a concerted, sustained effor to undermine the rule of law. Rule of law is one of the habits that create civil society. Deliberately trying to turn the law into a partisan weapon is the road to violence as neither side will have any longer an arbiter to appeal to.
So my concern is that as time goes by, the balance of power tilts toward lethal automation and whoever controls it rather than with the people. They may not care if they strip away civil society if they think they can suppress popular resistance. Ten years ago, American elites were pining to be more like China and now we are and more like them every day. It is an ugly road to be on.
Totally agree. All the more reason to never give up our 2A rights, we may have need of them. They were putting people in Covid camps in Australia, for Gods sake!