There is a struggle between “liberalism” and “authoritarianism” currently, according to David Brooks. Yet, we have to understand every “system” is severely flawed.

If liberalism is to survive this contest, we have to celebrate liberalism while acknowledging its limits. It’s a great way to construct a fair society to help diverse people live together in peace. But liberalism cannot be the ultimate purpose in life. We need to be liberals in public but subscribe to transcendent loyalties in the depth of our being — to be Catholic, Jewish, stoic, environmentalist, Marxist or some other sacred and existential creed. People need to feel connected to a transcendent order; nice rules don’t satisfy that yearning.

We simply yearn for more. It’s more than capitalism, or progressivism, or communism, or whatever “ism” we can develop. There is truly a deep that calls out to deep… and we often aren’t paying attention to that call. We settle for power struggles and domination. We are on a fool’s errand.

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