"…even the best politics will not and cannot provide the fullness of hope we need. Politics matters, of course, but a hope based in politics, regardless of right or left, will always disappoint. …A people given over to wickedness will ruin even the best political system. Nor can we vote our way to righteousness; politics cannot make us love our neighbors as ourselves. From newly minted college Marxists to MAGA social media, many of those who are investing their hearts and hopes in politics are looking for things that politics cannot give to them. Politics will never love them back, and the things that politics can sometimes deliver, such as vengeance and a sense of triumph over one’s perceived enemies, are hardly the foundations of lasting personal happiness, living the good life, and building a flourishing society. Those who trust in politics will be distraught when the political winds turn against them, even if little to nothing changes in their day-to-day lives."