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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
In keeping with Franklin's legacy, Poor Richard's Blog tackles today’s complex issues and the foundations of the Franklin Party, while hopefully also dispensing some wisdom and good humor along the way.
Welcome to the Franklin Party Newsletter!
A House Divided
This week, two conferences that duopolize the United States each fielded teams to ruthlessly battle one another. Both teams have animal mascots, and America was divided, sometimes within families, over who would prevail.
No, I am not referring to the Democrats and the Republicans, although any confusion is entirely understandable. On Sunday, the NFC Rams beat the AFC Bengals, 23 to 20, in Super Bowl LVI.
Like other nations worldwide, Americans have long satisfied their primal tribal instincts with team sports. Proxy wars on playing fields are far healthier outlets than actual wars on battlefields.
Over the last 30 years, however, primal tribal instincts have, unfortunately, also invaded American politics. Team Red on the Right and Team Blue on the Left.
The problem is, while this rivalry might seem game-like, it isn’t. When the representational game world of tribal warfare crosses back into the actual world of politics or the military, the consequences also revert from token to real.
Politics should never be a sport. The stakes in terms of people’s lives are simply too high. And we as a nation cannot afford to be a house divided against itself.
In a future blog/newsletter we’ll discuss how a movie or a play is a much better metaphor for healthy politics in the U.S. than tribal warfare or sports.
Yours in republic keeping,
James Carroll
BFPNC Chair
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