I believe it was the early Romans who prohibited several classes of people from holding public office: Those of illegitimate birth (bastards), eunuchs and homosexuals.
While these children had no choice in the matter, bastards were prohibited because, having no sense of their family past or history, they could not be trusted to operate for the good of the culture based on its history or traditions.
Eunuchs (castrated males) and homosexuals because they could not and/or would not sire children and would, therefore, most likely have no abiding interest in preserving the culture for future generations.
While there are a number of exceptions, I’ll let YOU tell me what sort of folks we have in public office in mush of the West.
I suspect these nations have employed technology to compress into a few years what it took the Romans over 2,000 to achieve: TOTAL AND UTTER CULTURAL COLLAPSE!!!
IS AMERICA NEXT?????
Do Europe’s “leaders” have a stake in the future?
One noteworthy reality about Europe’s current political leadership is summarised here by Phil Lawler:
* Macron, the newly elected French president, has no children.
* German chancellor Angela Merkel has no children.
* British prime minister Theresa May has no children.
* Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has no children.
* Holland’s Mark Rutte, Sweden’s Stefan Löfven, Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon—ALL HAVE NO CHILDREN!
*Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, has no children.
So a grossly disproportionate number of the people making decisions about Europe’s future have no direct personal stake in that future.
wow!
Someone once told me “you don’t really know about life until you have children.” I’d say that is true for most people.