Friday, March 21, 2014

Very good, but I have one objection

This seems to be dead on target, so I'll quote it:

"The West reveals here a hatred of itself, which is strange and can be only considered pathological; the West is laudably trying to open itself, full of understanding, to external values, but it no longer loves itself; in its own history, it now sees only what is deplorable and destructive, while it is no longer able to perceive what is great and pure."---Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's speech entitled "If Europe Hates Itself" given prior to his becoming Pope
My objection is that this is not a popular movement.  It is being imposed upon the populace by its own leaders.  Leaders who are what the former Pope just indicated.

How does this get turned around?  You have to remove the leaders.  In a democracy, that would come via an election, but that's in theory.  The fact is that the sheep, meaning the ordinary people, do not ordinarily take the initiative in matters of the state.  The initiative must come from someone outside the leadership who will do what it takes to overcome the failed leadership.

That is a lot easier said than done.

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