“The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.” –The Republic, Plato (375 BCE)

What do Mamdani, Trump, Bibi, Kamala, AOC, Erdogan, Putin, Biden and all other politicians have in common?

They will always find someone to blame when things go wrong. (PS Things always go wrong.)

We have all been indulgently instructed to adopt a malpractice lawyer’s perspective on life: if something goes wrong, there’s always someone to blame (not God, not me), and that someone owes me!

When was the last time a politician acknowledged “My bad. I never should have done that.”? It was the same day they admitted “My opponent is a reasonable person. It’s not the end of the world if they win the election.”

The reason is simple. In the interest of self preservation, our two most visceral emotions are fear and anger. The more fearsome we portray our adversary, the more critical it is that we win our........

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