RE: The art of governing a country.
I love your pragmatism in this respect very much and I believe that those who do it with equal courage are just not so loud and profile oriented and therefore one thinks they don't exist. They are less visible.
Absolutely, I've realized that there are mainly two types of people in such aspects; those who do things by appearance, to be good in the eyes of others; and those who do what they think they should do, even if that is judged wrong by others or if they don't receive any recognition.
The first ones have no decision, they do what people think is good and they will not do anything by themselves if nobody pays attention to them. The seconds often go unnoticed, they are invisible, but always, always, always, they are there, and they are a number not despicable at all.
You have very interestingly illustrated how the misbelief that we believe to be constantly controlled and monitored by Big Brother inhibits and paralyzes us. It is more a mental construction, a voluntary prison in which man is imprisoned than a fact.
That mainly, and although in the post I externalize the idea, it is also important to note that this is not reduced only to matters of governance. Its a complete philosophy of life. On a more personal level, if we stop worrying about things that we can't control, such as the past, the future, the lives of other people, how people see us, other people's responsibilities, etc., we can free ourselves from that mental construction, that voluntary prison in which man is imprisoned.
This is in fact what I thought when writing parts like:
It is as simple as this; we should not worry about what we don't control, it is unnecessary, it is an expenditure of energy in something that we cannot change. Among those things that we control, what bothers us, we change it. Pretty simple. It is not always easy, but it is always simple.
Many and true thanks for all your compliments.