FOR WHAT IS GOSSIP BUT AN ATTEMPT TO DECREASE TRUST? —“As for the proximate ca

FOR WHAT IS GOSSIP BUT AN ATTEMPT TO DECREASE TRUST?

—“As for the proximate cause—progressivism—yes, the left’s actions do tend produce states contrary to their stated goals.

Ultimately they seek power. And so increasing conflict and decreasing trust produces demand for the state and discretionary legislation, which they are more than happy to supply.

However profitable that may be in the short-run, it is not a stable model, and appears that we are approaching the limits of the function”— James Augustus Berens