By D.W. MacKenzie Political Scientist and MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry has called for renewed faith in democracy. According to Harris-Perry, recent events have damaged public confidence in the democratic process.
Our faith has been badly damaged by governors who crush unions, by a Congress that will not govern, by a military that tortures, … by CEOs who slash jobs as profits rise, by a system that seems irreparably broken. But building a country requires investment in one another, hope that we can be better tomorrow than we are today and faith that our failures are not definitive. In these final days before we enter the 2012 election year, it is time to ask, "Do you believe?"
In this article, Harris-Perry makes timely reference to stories about those who question the existence of Santa Claus. In Miracle on Thirty-fourth Street and the famous "Virginia" editorial in The Sun people were exhorted to have faith in Santa Claus. As the character Fred Gaily put it, "Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to." Harris-Perry wants to apply this sentiment to democracy… (Read more)
Source: Mises.org
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