Morality is Impossible Without Power

Empty posturing leads to the weakening of what we hold most dear.

After marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in the spring of 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."

In the broader sweep of historical time, this sentiment may have run contrary to the eschatology of the monotheistic faiths, but it was certainly true in the moment, and on…