Thanks Walter and I'm glad you're enjoying my articles thoughts and arguments. I don't think civilisations will ever be perfect, there are too many conflicting views on how to run them - but I do believe the way we handle those conversations is key to societal happiness.

Catharsis is sometimes necessary for a population and the demos in general - but it's a poor tool for enacting social change. In every historical instance when a radical has taken control of the discourse and dialogue, the results have been the inexorable destruction of the civilised aspect of civilisation. This usually manifests as killing their own people or leading people into a self-destructive war.

It happens on the right (Hitler, Mussolini et al) but also on the left (Mao, Stalin et al) - the only real civilised place is the balancing act between differing viewpoints. That should've been the overriding lesson of the 20th Century and one we haven't yet grasped in full.

Thanks for your comment and joining the discussion and enjoy the rest of your day wherever you may be :o)