Politics is for extraverts, until they go too far…

Here’s a thought from Glenn Reynolds, writing in the Washington Examiner: 

If there’s one issue you care about a lot, get involved there. Gun rights activism crosses party lines, but has had a major influence in expanding liberty — over the past decade, the growth of Second Amendment rights has been one of the major Bill of Rights success stories. There are lots of other causes, ranging from fathers’ rights to tax fairness. Pick one.

And if you’re not a joiner at all, well, you can always start a blog. For some people, that works out pretty well!

Not to knock joining, but I have enjoyed blogging more than I have ever enjoyed joining anything.

Of course, that’s probably because I am way too much of an introvert. The problem is that late in life, I have come to realize that it is the extraverts who tend to run almost all things political — simply because the introverts don’t show up. This means that the ruling class now consists largely of extraverts who love to tell others what to do, making life hell for introverts whose lives they want to run and who only want to be left alone. Things have reached the point where the extraverts have made too much hell for too many introverts, so the introverts are striking back, by actually doing things like getting involved in politics. (Yuck.) Politics is hell for introverts, but if the people who love politics have already made life hell for those who don’t, then eventually a saturation point is reached.

When the introverts discover that they are in hell, they might as well rise up and fight their extravert tormentors.

Glenn closed his piece with this:

Just remember: It’s nice to celebrate Independence Day, but as we were reminded at the founding, keeping a republic going takes continuous effort. Start making a difference for liberty today.

And shoot off a few fireworks for me.

By all means do that, before the extraverts take them away!