Chesterton's Fence

The Globalists and Progressives seem shocked that a mere 80 years isn't long enough to fundamentally change human nature. Chesterton’s Defense: History never really takes a vacation.

Fences that kept the Soviet Union hemmed in have been left to decay, or have been dismantled.

As G.K. Chesterton teaches us, it’s common for people to arrogantly assume a fence serves no purpose just because they don’t know what purpose it serves.

The Germans couldn't understand why Trump was giving them a hard time about becoming dependent on Russian energy, or why he was so upset that they were not living up to their defense spending commitments for NATO. Trump was just a crazy guy who didn't understand how the world worked in the 21st Century. There would be no more war for territorial expansion. That is not how things are done in the 21st Century. John Kerry said it best (or worst).

In an interview earlier this week, John Kerry, former secretary of state and Biden’s climate envoy, bloodlessly described Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Putin’s disregard for international norms and then said, “I thought we lived in a world that said ‘no’ to that kind of activity.”

Well, that’s a problem now, isn’t it? Kerry was secretary of state when Putin seized Crimea. Before that he was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. And now he’s like, “Huh. Didn’t see that coming.” If I were him, I might not want to admit that.

And this is the problem in a nutshell. In domestic politics, there is a government—a state—that imposes and regulates social peace. There is nothing equivalent in the international realm.

There is more, and it is worth your time. (Hat tip to Tam at View from the Porch.)

And here is an article from Not The Bee: Here’s a bunch of German delegates laughing at Trump in 2018 when he warned they were becoming too dependent on Russian oil.

I wonder if those German delegates and CNN fans are still laughing today!