I'm not sure what Maggie's means by the word "inhuman." On the contrary, we are organically nasty. Politics, which surprisingly means "compromise", has always been blood sport. George Washington warned against political parties. Too many elected people favor parties over the nation today.
Read "American Aurora" Richard N. Rosenfeld. I found this book of news articles and political letters from a Philadelphia newspaper printed during the American Revolution years, soon after I moved to Philadelphia from California in 1999. At first, I could not believe that the character of politics was so vicious and tried to find out if this book was real or fiction. However by the time, I was directly confronted by the criminality of Philadelphia politics in 2006, I started to believe the political blood sport circus was true. Hilary vs Bernie's Philadelphia convention 2016 soured me completely to any trust in government. Now Trump vs Everyone battle barely phases me. The antics in both Rome and "American Aurora" and, now are the same. Bad human behavior. Dysfunctional, insane, cruel & inhuman on all sides. History repeats and humanity needs to evolve.
You may want to read "First Principles" - What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped our Country - by Thomas E. Ricks. Have fun on your dig.
Deb,
Both of our sons were History majors and took a course on Rome. One of them said to me last night:
Liberals think about the Roman Empire. Conservatives think about the Roman Republic.
Cary
I don't know if it would be the solution or merely a detour on the road, but term limits for Congress are worth a try. It's up to the states.
I'm not sure what Maggie's means by the word "inhuman." On the contrary, we are organically nasty. Politics, which surprisingly means "compromise", has always been blood sport. George Washington warned against political parties. Too many elected people favor parties over the nation today.
Read "American Aurora" Richard N. Rosenfeld. I found this book of news articles and political letters from a Philadelphia newspaper printed during the American Revolution years, soon after I moved to Philadelphia from California in 1999. At first, I could not believe that the character of politics was so vicious and tried to find out if this book was real or fiction. However by the time, I was directly confronted by the criminality of Philadelphia politics in 2006, I started to believe the political blood sport circus was true. Hilary vs Bernie's Philadelphia convention 2016 soured me completely to any trust in government. Now Trump vs Everyone battle barely phases me. The antics in both Rome and "American Aurora" and, now are the same. Bad human behavior. Dysfunctional, insane, cruel & inhuman on all sides. History repeats and humanity needs to evolve.
You may want to read "First Principles" - What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped our Country - by Thomas E. Ricks. Have fun on your dig.