Systems

So I've managed to steer clear from talking about the elections, or any of the candidates. First, there's this rule about civil servants being neutral. Second, I don't want to lose friends and get grief over some asshole who doesn't even know my name. Still, it was disturbing to see my social media feed turn into a flee flowing cornucopia of ignorance and hate and horror. You think you know your friends, and take for granted that all of you share certain values (and a working knowledge of arithmetic), but people surprise you.

Also, I'd rather turn my energies to systems - the ones that we need to discard, and the ones we need to build. Because even if I agree that your anointed God-King is an awesome person who is pure of heart and only cares about your best interest - he could, you know, die. Or he could have a really bad day - it happens to the best of us. And you need systems like a rule of law, and a market, and a good postal service to ensure that things don't go to seed when the God-King turns out to be just like any other guy - limited and flawed.