I am convinced that ultimately, people have the government that the loudest and the most powerful citizens desire.
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As long as the overarching sense of entitlement in a nation is strong, leaders will find support in their wars (if we need them for cheap gas), in their attack on nature (as long as it brings us cheaper gadgets and better comforts, for now), etc.
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There will always be plenty of respectable establishment pundits to put us to sleep with "rational" explanations for why we need wars and destruction, for why "the others" are despicable and not to be trusted.
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As long as the biggest demand of the citizens is that their egos are fed, leaders will find linguistic tricks to gain followers and feed their constituents' egos by stealing dignity from someone else, without solving problems.
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Which is why I think that in the long run, good politics start with individual soul searching. Work, you know. Not glamorous at all. No retweets as you do it. Because it is much harder for pundits and politicians alike to trick people whose souls are at peace.
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