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> By some, nuance is denounced, absolutism is glamorous. We humans have been here many times before. The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are
by hodgesrm 10y ago
> By some, nuance is denounced, absolutism is glamorous.
We humans have been here many times before.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
(William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming")
I find these lines comforting. Society for the last few centuries has muddled through, often ungracefully. I predict in a few years we'll look back on articles like this and wonder what the fuss was about.