By Rudy Barnes, Jr., July 19, 2024
This commentary will be short, but not sweet.
I’m nonpartisan in my politics, and terribly disappointed with both parties. I can’t relate to the GOP carnival orchestrated by Donald Trump in Milwaukee, or to the moribund Democratic party that will hold their convention on August 19 in Chicago. America’s two-party democracy has become a disgrace to the Founding Fathers who drafted our Constitution in 1789.
Since 2014 I have opined on the relationship between religion, standards of political legitimacy and politics with commentaries posted at https://www.religionlegitimacyandpolitics.com/ and on Facebook. Since then things have gone from bad to worse, confirming Winston Churchill’s opinion that democracy is the worst form of government--except for all the others.
That’s best explained by the depravity of human nature, and history has proven the infallibility of that universal principle. If a democracy could be expected to promote the common good, as taught by Jesus in the greatest commandment, then we could hope that an altruistic and universal religion could lead us to peace and justice for all; but that appears beyond hope.
Well, we have until the election on November 5 to hope for a political miracle.
Blessings and Peace, Rudy
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