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I was thinking about this the other day. One thing I wondered—are there any examples of “regressions” that occurred in human history because the change in cultu
by Xcelerate 3y ago
I was thinking about this the other day. One thing I wondered—are there any examples of “regressions” that occurred in human history because the change in culture leaned too progressive? And by progressive/conservative, I mean in the sense of the directionality of culture, not necessarily their modern political connotations.
For example, Prohibition was a “conservative” movement because alcohol was originally permitted and then became disallowed. Later, it was restored. What is an example of something that was previously disallowed, became allowed and widely acceptable for a period of time, and then became disallowed again such that it is still disallowed or considered immoral today?
- cubefox 3y ago- Marriages where the wife is significantly below 18 - Pederasty in ancient Greece (Though I'm not sure to which extent those were disallowed before)
- flavius29663 3y ago> Prohibition was a “conservative” movement This makes no sense, by definition it was a progressive movement at the time: for as long as we know, people drank alcohol, and then you get these progressive people (many of them women) trying to change the society for the better. It was a failed progressive policy, that if it stuck we would have seen it as a good thing in retrospect and call it progressive - just like banning opium in cough medicine. Conservative means keeping the old way, in this case: keep drinking alcohol freely.
- cubefox 3y agoIt's interesting that it depends on historical context: In Iran (and other muslim majority countries) prohibition is conservative, since it already exists for a while.
- flavius29663 3y agoOf course it does, Christianity must have appeared progressive in the first few centuries...now it's as conservative as you can get, at least in the Western world.
- flavius29663 3y agoEugenics and communism were both seen as progressive at the time, at least by their supporters. The conservative take on communism was we should preserve the existing order, that the progressives wanted to disrupt and replace.
- SSLy 3y agoUSIan cultural soft power is exporting very pervasive anti-sex messaging that is being picked up across the globe.
- tekla 3y agoUhh what, Prohibition was a progressive and pro feminist movement.
- dudul 3y agoProhibition was a change in the established order, so it was by definition progressive. The labels are often misused but really that's all it is. Progressivism wants things to change, conservatism wants them to stay the same. You need a balance of both. As for examples of things that were forbidden, then allowed, then forbidden again there are already good examples in the other comments. Things around family, sexuality, forms of government. The postulat also assumes that all societies in the world are uniform and accepting/forbidding the same things.
- houstonn 3y agoFree speech
- cubefox 3y agoWhat was forbidden, then allowed, then forbidden again?
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