The annual Eurovision contest continues to reveal divergence between the politics and preferences of the self-anointed elites and those of the European yeomanry.
Neither am I, and I can imagine we wish everyone could commit to constitutional governance of the sort that proceeded from the Scottish Enlightenment, but that experience really does seem to be exceptional.
Relatedly, Islam constitutes its own form of all-encompassing governance. It's not compatible (absent a Reformation of its own) with constitutional governance. So, asking everyone in the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, the "West Bank") to just get along is just a bridge too far.
I am encouraged by the public vote for Israel. It was beginning to look like the whole world was turning anti-Semitic. I am not Jewish.
Neither am I, and I can imagine we wish everyone could commit to constitutional governance of the sort that proceeded from the Scottish Enlightenment, but that experience really does seem to be exceptional.
Relatedly, Islam constitutes its own form of all-encompassing governance. It's not compatible (absent a Reformation of its own) with constitutional governance. So, asking everyone in the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, the "West Bank") to just get along is just a bridge too far.
Some fascinating insights there, thank you.