The Roots Of Division
By DONALD DeMARCO In every post-election period, so it seems, the cry goes out to overcome divisions and unify the country. Divisions, it is said, block the way to progress and prevent America from achieving its true greatness. Unity is what we all Americans desire and they can attain that blessed condition simply by doing away with divisions. But politics is incapable of solving divisions. It is far more adept, as history shows, at creating them. A fundamental error is the belief that divisions are bad because they produce conflict. That is only partly true. But it is more accurate to say that conflict precedes divisions and that it is conflict that produces divisions. We should spend our energy, therefore,…Continue Reading