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| Silverfiddle Rant! |
We are in an age of extreme cowardice and maximum mendacity. Pale imposters stand on the rotting foundations of our institutions wearing the skins of their slaughtered predecessors, angered they cannot command the same respect and prestige.
Ben Shapiro: The center is gone, and it's the elites' fault
The destruction of that institutional trust has been well earned: It represents the natural result of policy elites lying to those they supposedly serve.In short, our institutional elites rely on the power of civilizational foundations that long predate them — free markets, religious values, military strength — to prop up failing ideas that undermine those foundations. The result is failure.
Henry Kissinger: "'painful' need for better leaders"
"Once again, it is a tale first of exuberant confidence generating overextension and then of overextension giving birth to debilitating self-doubt," he wrote in the book. "Once again, in almost every region of the world, the United States confronts major interlocking challenges to both its strategies and its value."That has led to "renewed potential for catastrophic confrontation," he warned. "The present age is unmoored."
Good leadership can make up for weak or dysfunctional institutions. Solid, well-run institutions can survive poor leadership. We have neither.
Please peruse the links below for further evidence. Most importantly, what say you?
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