That path leads ever down into stagnation.
The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria.
Beaurocracy destroys initiative.
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.
You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos.