If history repeats itself, first as tragedy, and then as farce, we are reaping a decades-in-the-making painful lesson in the great risks of creating an executive branch that is far too powerful. I believe we are also witnessing the risks of putting an amoral man into the presidency in a Faustian bargain to attempt to advance our own specific causes. The trouble with Faustian bargains is they are the surest path to hell.
My desire is that in four years the majority of Americans will long for a return to humility and forbearance in the Executive Office. The ideal example should be the manner, style, and substance of a Calvin Coolidge and presidents that preceded him. In short, the President should be a man/woman of virtue who largely leaves us alone who is of limited consequence to our daily lives. Their primary focus should be on removing obstacles to and the promotion of our liberty, peace, prosperity, and freedom of assembly, religion, and speech.
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Thank you, Mr Matthew Obenhaus, for adding your thoughts and considerations to the “political chaos” in the US, where a large number of people have been sleepwalkers hoodwinked en mass into the “perfect storm” in a Faustian bargain to advance specific causes to the detriment of decency, integrity, morality and even sanity.
I certainly concur with you that “the President should be a man/woman of virtue who largely leaves us alone who is of limited consequence to our daily lives. Their primary focus should be on removing obstacles to and the promotion of our liberty, peace, prosperity, and freedom of assembly, religion, and speech.” Considering the state of the current presidency in the USA, we should also be aware of the following two quotes from Lao Tzu, from both of which the current US presidency can learn a great deal:
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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