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The Point Is, The Political Reporters Are The Ones Who No Longer Understand The Ritual They Are Covering. They Keep Searching For Political Meanings In The Tepid Events When A Convention Is Now Essentially A Human Drama And Only That.

If Everyone Has To Be A Watchdog In Order To Make Government Work, Then The Foxes Will Also Volunteer To Serve.

If One Benefits Tangibly From The Exploitation Of Others Who Are Weak, Is One Morally Implicated In Their Predicament? Or Are Basic Rights Of Human Existence Confined To The Civilized Societies That Are Wealthy Enough To Afford Them? Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others.

A Profound Political Question Is Suddenly On The Table: Must The Country Continue To Give Precedence To Private Financial Gain And Market Determinism Over Human Lives And Broad Public Values?

Aside From Sending Someone To War Or To Prison, Government S Ability To Make People Involuntarily Give Over Their Money Is Its Strongest Exercise Of Authority Over Private Citizens And Their Institutions.