“The truth is, the unlimited power which merchant captains have, upon long voyages on strange coasts, takes away a sense of responsibility, and too often, even in men otherwise well-disposed, substitutes a disregard for the rights and feelings of others.” (Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the Mast; originally published in 1840.)
An apt description of the psychological condition of the current captain of our ship of state, three and a half years into this “long voyage on strange coasts.” Worse, he was not “otherwise well-disposed” even before we offered him command of our ship.
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