This from French Enlightenment author, historian, and thinker François-Marie Arouet, recognized to us as Voltaire. In case you’ve by no means learn Candide, I hope you’ll deal with your self.
The explanation he’s appropriate right here is the reality of what Plato stated 2000 years prior, which I paraphrase: Solely individuals who don’t need energy are certified to have it.
The US has had its points with a number of presidents, e.g., Jackson, Harding, and Nixon, although, till Trump, we by no means had a pacesetter whose pursuits had been primarily based solely on his personal enrichment and aggrandizement.
