In the context of the Greenland issue, White House aide Stephen Miller was caught making an intellectual error:<\/p>\n
“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” [White House aide Stephen Miller] said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” [Deccan Herald<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
How very Mencken of Miller. H. L. Mencken once said, or perhaps wrote<\/a>,<\/p>\n
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here, the question is How does the world work?<\/em> Miller hasn’t thought this through, no doubt because it sounds so right to him.<\/p>\n
But does he want to hire 24 hour bodyguards for himself and his family? Deal with kidnapped children?<\/p>\n
The best societies agree to rules of law so that everyone can feel mildly safe. Defending all one values 24 hours a day means little or nothing else is accomplished. And many, many people die, leading to heartbreak and travail.<\/p>\n
Someone needs to clout Miller upside the head, but I doubt it’d help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the context of the Greenland issue, White House aide Stephen Miller was caught making an intellectual error: “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” [White House aide Stephen Miller] said. “These \u2026 Continue reading