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Don’t Be Fooled: Successful Politics Depends on the Good, by Dr. Jeff Mirus – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, July 26, 2024

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.

 

In the United States, we are entering the quadrennial silly season in which far too many of us waste a great deal of time, energy and money following politics and attempting to influence the outcome of Presidential elections. Sometimes, of course, there are better reasons to do this than at other times, but as a general rule the party which has won these elections has had surprisingly little impact on the steady spiritual and moral decline throughout American history, and especially since the end of World War II.

What typically happens at this time of year is that we convince ourselves (against repeated evidence to the contrary) that a narrow victory by one side or another in our two-party system will result in substantial gains for the nation, even though the overall moral and cultural trajectory, in most relevant senses, consistently continues to be a downward spiral. …

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