Ruth Ann’s Reviews > Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy > Status Update
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Were Trump able to check his id and think beyond the horizon of his instincts in the moment, he would be a far more formidable demagogue. Fortunately, he cannot, and so the constitutional architecture of our government, combined with the patriotic commitments of most of the people who work for him, is more than adequate to constrain his will to power as president. p. 291
— Apr 26, 2019 12:31PM
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“The only thing that gives the Constitution real lasting power is our commitment to it, and there’s nothing preventing us from walking away from it other than our refusal to do so.” p. 351
— Jun 06, 2019 08:04AM
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“Our problems today can be traced to the fact that we no longer have gratitude for the Miracle and the institutions and customs that made it possible. Where there is no gratitude—and the effort that gratitude demands—all manner of resentments and hostilities flood back in.” p. 277
— Apr 25, 2019 10:58AM
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“To fret about political, social, or economic inequality in a free society is to fret about the problem of freedom itself, for in the presence of freedom there will always be inequality of some kind.” p. 169
— Mar 01, 2019 09:59AM
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“Moral Foundations Theory holds that there are six components to moral sentiments that form the basis of all forms of moral reasoning. They are: care, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority, and sanctity. How these foundations are applied and interact explain all the variations in human cultures and societies when it comes to how we define right and wrong.” p. 41
— Jul 05, 2018 10:26AM
