The Lure of Power, the Disease Crippling the US Government
Dishonest, unethical, hypocritical, greedy, and cold-hearted behavior
The desire to have and wield unfettered power has always existed and that desire causes people to do and say things that society finds abhorrent. But we, as a society, developed standards and a veneer of civility that kept that desire hidden, creating the illusion of democracy.
And, as cynical as that sounds, it worked. If we pretended to respect and like all those we worked with, many rose to that challenge and found a way to govern our huge, unwieldy country. For most of our history, elected officials followed unspoken rules of civility, even with opponents they privately loathed.
Those rules no longer apply to the Republican Party, and their willingness to discard them has crippled our government.
Serious drug addicts always eventually reach a point where their need and desire outweighs any other thing in their life. Values and compassion take a back seat to the next high. But anyone who has experienced addiction knows that there is no high for the addict, there is only temporary relief.
Until the next dose or drink.
The events of the past year in the Republican controlled House of Representatives have…
