Relational

When I was little, I often hit things if they didn't do what I wanted them to do. We try to solve gun violence by restricting gun ownership, or stop abortion by criminalizing and punishing it, when both problems are complex. The Versailles Treaty didn't put a stop to wars in Europe, but the Marshall Plan did. One way to understand the Republican Party's current makeup is the arrangement into philosophical Republicans vs. grievance Republicans. People who don't believe there's any response to their problems will engage in fear control; that can take the form of cynicism and bitterness. It's hard to find the motivation to reweave community from friendships on up, through the grass roots, but the alternative is unacceptable.