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A tyrant is not necessarily one with bad motivations or one who acts in “bad faith”; and the tyrant might even appear to be self-sacrificing or self-disregarding.12 Such tyrants ultimately serve their own psychological pathologies, and in this way serve their private good. But our principal focus should not be on motivations or pseudo-benevolent appearances but on the actions of tyrants—a body of actions that strikes at the core of civil society. A tyrant in effect is one who, though having the appearance of civil authority, is but a man ordering fellow men to great evil.
The Case for Christian Nationalism
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