One has to wonder how many humiliating defeats party members, and prospective party members, are going to accept from the corporate Democratic establishment before they toss them out, or form a third party, and encourage the zombie politicians to take their after office deals with their Big Money donors and Wall Street.
Spiritual pride leads to a lingering spiritual death. It turns the living being into a tomb, bright and polished on the outside, proudly ornamented with scrupulous attention to detail, and ostentatious adherence to the letter of the law — but inside full of corruption, and festering foulness. They love the rituals and the worldly forms of religion, but want nothing to do with mercy and love. It is a sickening romance with the self, unto death.
Jesse, Essere Umano, 20 August 2017