Most evil is not committed as a result of unbridled lust or greed. And the sadistic monster who revels in inflicting excruciating pain on other people is relatively rare.The words above are challenging in today's Western world. Read the whole thing for thoughts on today's confused world and "the war against wisdom".
Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils.
Take Communism, for example. The greatest mass-murdering ideology in history, the greatest destroyer of elementary human rights, was an ideology supported by many people who believed in moral progress and human equality. . .
When it comes to personal relations and even more so to formulating social policy, intending to do good is largely worthless. Given how much evil has emanated from human idealism, the heart is an awful guide to doing good. . .
Many of the destructive and foolish ideas of the Baby Boomer generation emanated from the Mother of Foolish Ideas — “You can’t trust anyone over 30. . . ”
When I first started listening to Dennis Prager's weekday radio program and his "Religion on the Line" program in Southern California, he was a Democrat and called himself a "passionate moderate" - someone who avoided extremes on both the right and the left. As the Democratic Party moved from classic liberalism back to progressivism and the Republican party moved closer to classic liberalism, he changed his party affiliation, and now calls himself a conservative, though his political philosophy hasn't changed much. "Liberal" and Conservative" don't mean the same thing now in America as the did in the late '70s and '80s. Check out his recent NRO archives for more challenges to the narratives promoted by today's elite class - in politics, media and education.
UPDATE: Related - Is the Tea Party a 'Social Justice Movement'? Some interesting thoughts.
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