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Yeah, I don't care much for the term either. It kinda assumes that history naturally moves in one direction, and that the everything moves naturally towards wha
by CM30 4y ago
Yeah, I don't care much for the term either. It kinda assumes that history naturally moves in one direction, and that the everything moves naturally towards whatever the author considers progress.
But who's to say which political 'side' will win? Who's to say it'll become 'better' from our point of view, rather than slide into authoritarianism and dictatorships? Feels like there's no guarantee either way...
- simple-thoughts 4y agoInteresting that you state authoritarianism and dictatorships themselves the bad outcome, rather than the consequences of such systems. In a hypothetical world where these dominated, they would do so by creating better outcomes (as unlikely as that seems to many people today who haven’t lived good lives in authoritarian countries).
- lkzty 4y agoThis time it is different!
- simple-thoughts 4y agoWould you prefer to live under King Louis XIV or Robespierre? One of these is more democratic than the other ;-)
- readthenotes1 4y agoauthoritarians and dictators are how we got here. Why are you so dismissive of them? if you can believe the history books, at any rate