If you're interested, I encourage you to read more about Lincoln. Something that General Sherman said about him rings in my ears: "Of all the men I have ever met, (Lincoln) seemed to possess more of the elements of greatness, combined with goodness, than any other." Behind all the many allegations about him, and his quite able political bobbing and weaving, he was a man of great character and conviction, and I feel trite even saying it that way. I also encourage you to read the text of his Lyceum address, and take or leave my preface/introduction.
A good reminder. Highly ironic that so many today still do not appreciate that the internal rot and abuse of the institutions lies in the massive expansion of the military-industrial complex and its companion, the massively undemocratic and overreaching administrative, or "deep", state.
Extra ironic that the Lincoln character in this current drama is being played by Trump, who together with his (often Democrat) allies steadfastly and for decades has emphasized a return to basic American values, which requirea the wholesale purging of socialism, Marxism and other undemocratic influences that have gradually over a pretty long period come to pervade and degrade the purportedly "democratic" institutions in the US and so many other countries as well.
If you're interested, I encourage you to read more about Lincoln. Something that General Sherman said about him rings in my ears: "Of all the men I have ever met, (Lincoln) seemed to possess more of the elements of greatness, combined with goodness, than any other." Behind all the many allegations about him, and his quite able political bobbing and weaving, he was a man of great character and conviction, and I feel trite even saying it that way. I also encourage you to read the text of his Lyceum address, and take or leave my preface/introduction.
If you want to read a good example of an analysis of the current situation but one that reaches very different conclusions, I can highly recommend this one that just dropped: https://open.substack.com/pub/jameshowardkunstler/p/escape-from-psychopathocracy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ravqy
A good reminder. Highly ironic that so many today still do not appreciate that the internal rot and abuse of the institutions lies in the massive expansion of the military-industrial complex and its companion, the massively undemocratic and overreaching administrative, or "deep", state.
Extra ironic that the Lincoln character in this current drama is being played by Trump, who together with his (often Democrat) allies steadfastly and for decades has emphasized a return to basic American values, which requirea the wholesale purging of socialism, Marxism and other undemocratic influences that have gradually over a pretty long period come to pervade and degrade the purportedly "democratic" institutions in the US and so many other countries as well.