“In the face of such complexity, it becomes easier to be satisfied with symbols.”
Idiocracy.
“The new system celebrates its own unlimited power, reflects the self-adoration of its masters, reeks of their arrogance and resonates to their childish willfulness. For in the end those who want unlimited power are damaged souls. Children determined to be the only ones to play with any of the toys. Their lack of empathy, their arrogance and ruthlessness all signal their fundamental immaturity. They are determined to rule, to pillage and plunder, to wield absolute power— because there is something missing inside them.”
This is what I think of whenever I see someone wearing a BO shirt or button or with a BO poster in his/her office.
Great essay, thanks for posting it. Greenfield is presenting an example of a Constitution no longer backed by its people, like fiat money no longer backed by gold and silver.
They are missing the Spirit of the Living God in them.