Common Sense?
In reply to a request for evidence of the wisdom of one of his policies, Trump offered “common sense.”
“Americans are the most reality-oriented people on earth. Their outstanding characteristic is the childhood form of reasoning: common sense. It is their only protection. But common sense is not enough where theoretical knowledge is required: it can make simple, concrete-bound connections — it cannot integrate complex issues, or deal with wide abstractions, or forecast the future.” [Ayn Rand]
The Constitution was written with the Founders’ study of politics, history and philosophy, not common sense. If it depended upon common sense, it would have fragmented into isolated bits and pieces like Trump’s unfocused mind.
Stephen Grossman, Fairhaven
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