3 ms·
What's your read on the state of social progress the last decade or so?
by giraffe_lady 3y ago
What's your read on the state of social progress the last decade or so?
- mbg721 3y agoMy read is that America is all falling apart because in the last decade more and more institutions came under the control of self-proclaimed progressives and their ideas don't work. But that doesn't mean progressivism isn't popular conceptually--the usual response is "those weren't really progressives; in fact, their corruption proves they were actually conservative, and now we need real change."
- giraffe_lady 3y agoInteresting. My take is more that progressivism is still popular but is being crushed by an organized reactionary revanchist movement actively dedicated to undoing decades of social progress. We've been dragged backwards on some very significant social issues and it only seems to be accelerating. The idea that social progress will march steadily forward does seem to be a myth in that light.
- mbg721 3y agoMy take is that this "progress" will eventually end in internal ruin, because there will be no "there" there. Pursuing sexual and racial identity for its own sake, under "justice" or any other name, is a recipe for disaster.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoGood thing no one "pursues" those "for its own sake" then.