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Christopher Lasch

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.

Christopher Lasch

Politics

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Politics always involves some use of force or power to make people follow rules, so it can’t be completely fair or kind all the time. This means that no matter how much we try, political systems will never be perfectly just or loving.

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