The gods make mad

A great essay at World Net Daily:

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad." – Euripides (Greek dramatist 484-406 BC)

Ah, but that was a long time ago … ancient history, man! Well, it is in fact ancient history. That's why the years decrease on the date line, but the people still got older.

Like so much of ancient history, this observation is every bit as true today as it was during the days when Greek tragedies filled the airwaves (at least as far as the actors could project their voices out into the audience).

Some examples for the political left:

• • They saw an economy lifting all Americans away from poverty, and it drove them crazy.
  • They saw a real border wall being built to control illegal immigration from the south, mixed in with illegal drugs, sex and human trafficking victims, gangs and violence beginning to be controlled, and the criminals (already here) deported, and it made them unhinged.
  • They saw international agreements being renegotiated to stem the flow of jobs out of this country, reduce our unemployment and raise our wages, and it made them disturbed!
  • They saw China's Wuhan lab release COVID-19 on the world (domestic flights from Wuhan were banned, but Chinese airline passengers were free to travel the world), and they were raving that it was somehow President Donald J. Trump's fault.
  • They saw Democratic governors release COVID-19 infected patients from hospitals into nursing homes, where the most vulnerable lived, and it was this president's fault more people died.

And the response from the left?

The Democratic politicians' response (and they do seem to be responding in lockstep) is that it is OK to riot, loot and burn down the city, attack the police and innocent bystanders, but by God don't you religious bigots go to church and sing a hymn! We will not only lock up the pastor, we'll shutter the damned building! Left unsaid?
The state is God, and we are the state: you will do what we tell you!

Emphasis mine - the problem in a nutshell. Tried many times. Sucess? Never. Failure? Always.