The Powerful and Their Pawns — Then and Now
2 min readOct 2, 2020
History helped me gain balance in the face of the current political madness when I read about the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in France. I managed to unhook from my seething outrage while avoiding nihilism.
The Massacre grew out of a power struggle between two political rivals for ascendancy to the royal family. They fomented fear and outrage, turning the people against their…
