Why politics has become so destructive

[Kulindahr]

That's right. The New Testament is totally outdated (as is Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology). Paul was not interested in political involvement. Indeed, he could hardly imagine that possibility.

My "self-criticism" is probably closer to the "fearless moral inventory" of some 12-step program applied to political commitments.

Okay, if you feel that love, generosity, hospitality, and such are outdated... whatever.

Paul wasn't interested in political involvement because there wasn't any such thing! He wrote "there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free"; it would take a while before the implications of that began toppling monarchial entities.