“By acting the part of a simpleton, our government may have helped usher in a collapsed stability and chaos that will last for decades.”
EXCELLENT analysis!
Remember Tito and Yugoslavia. Worship of democracy is as dangerous as worship of king or dictator. Replacing one self-serving tyrant with a self serving tyranny composed of millions of individual self-serving elements is not always a good idea.
Leadership, whether a single individual, a committee or a parliament MUST know and behave as if it is ACCOUNTABLE to God. Otherwise, that leadership begins to amass power, working to elevate itself to the status of a god. Once that is accomplished, it sets its sights on replacing the one true God.
Better ruled by a godly king or dictator than an ungodly populace. If you disagree, consider three items.
John Adams quote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Yugoslavia since Tito.
The French Revolution’s war against God and the subsequent Reign of Terror.
In Mel Gibson's The Patriot, his character is a veteran of the French and Indian War who is initially reluctant to commit to the War for Independence. In one scene he asks, "Why should I trade a tyrant 3,000 miles away for 3,000 tyrants one mile away?"