Sunday, February 17, 2008
The costs of disengagement
Perhaps, on a grand scale, (whatever that means), in many ways this election is not especially meaningful, but cynicism is to be resisted if only to avoid the the bizarre whims of leaders left too comfortable. Without rational engagement, arbitrary passion is the necessary defense against tyranny, leading us to a philosophy which trusts only in the esoteric.
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Yes, true, but by this logic, candidates with the most "passion" would be elected to reflect the public's enthusiasm, and Dennis Kusinich would have been President since 2004.
Yeah, passion is overrated, but I'm all for cold logic and the choice of greatest utility, half-assed though our assumptions about such may be.
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