06-22-2018, 08:49 AM
(06-21-2018, 11:52 AM)tg63 Wrote: I'm skeptical of it being a catalyst. To this point it has triggered widespread condemnation, but I don't see signs of it spiraling into something bigger. Of course that could change ... it certainly warrants monitoring (aside from the obvious reasons that it bears monitoring).
I agree on both counts. The only precedent for times like these are Nazi Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union. Godwin's Law aside, are we disarmed by our inability to describe tyranny in terms strong enough to trigger a responses, but mild enough to keep the response within the political realm?
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.