There are three pillars of effective public discourse.
LOGOS: appeal to logic and reason ETHOS: appeal to ethics and morality PATHOS: appeal to emotion and sentiment
The foundation of Western society has become so unstable that two of those pillars have collapsed and the only the last remaining pillar, PATHOS, is holding up the ceiling.
β‘οΈπThe chairman of the Munich Security Conference literally broke down in tears today over JD Vanceβs speech on Friday criticising European leaders.
Europe is currently being governed by extremely unstable and unserious people.
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