We’re Quickly Running Out of Democracy
People should get to pick their leaders, not the other way around.
One of the sharpest plays on political maneuvering that I know is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, and a particular scene has repeatedly played in my head during difficult times. Big Daddy confronts his family, the air heavy with tension because all of them have been doing things they know they shouldn’t have. Each trying to innocently justi…