Another fine P. J. O'Rourke piece

P. J. reviews a new book about Pete Seeger. He notes that Mr. Seeger is ". . .  a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man." And then P. J. asks:

Thus is raised a momentous question, maybe the most momentous question of the modern era: How is it that legions of modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured people pledge their troth to political systems that burn continents and bury innocents by the hundred million? 

Excellent question.