A Frenzied Message To Calm You Down

Balance and perspective

Oh no! The end is near! All is over!

While many lament the messy and embarrassing election for the U.S. Speaker of the House, I do not.

Democracy isn’t supposed to be a coronation. There’s supposed to be ugly fights, temper tantrums and pettiness. We are human, after all. We expose ourselves as the animalistic creatures we are when fighting for power and status. Smooth, gentle ceremonies do not belong. It would only show that there was no struggle at all.

That’s not the way democracy is supposed to work. It’s a push and pull of competing interests, identities and values. Decisions must be made and money allotted. Everyone compromises.

And now we’ve got cameras, so all our pretending to be evolved is shown to be a lie. And if you are a pompous member of the commentariat, it hurts even worse. The pained laments of the political sphere were of emb…