It is a peculiar folly of some nobles to deny the obvious and to seek to enthrone the common man all in the name of “the people.” In its modern manifestation, we call it democracy. In its ancient garb, Solomon called it foolishness. Our egalitarianism requires herculean efforts from us as we try to reconcile our dogma with the way the world was established. This folly of egalitarianism is the fountainhead of most of our modern isms—feminism, socialism, fascism, racism, communism, etc. As the poet said, beware all isms except for prisms.
