AuH20
04-14-2017, 06:46 PM
Cyclical history?!!? Hogwash. All human history is based on linear progress forward. ;):D
https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/12/progressives-hate-steve-bannons-cyclical-view-history/
If you want to make a progressive squirm, tell him that history is cyclical. Whether they realize it or not, progressives borrow their entire worldview from Christianity, and therefore have a fundamentally millenarian view of history. The idea of cycles makes them uncomfortable.
After all, humanity is supposed to be marching toward that secular paradise. Even when bad things happen—like Trump and Bannon—it’s okay because, as Obama liked to say (quoting Dr. Martin Luther King), “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Or, as Ashbrook asked Howe, “What about working for peace, justice, international equity? The things that might hold a crisis at bay?”
I'm also reminded of the Tytler Cycle.
http://thenicolfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cycle-of-democracy.jpg
I think we're somewhere between dependence and the incoming bondage period.
https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/12/progressives-hate-steve-bannons-cyclical-view-history/
If you want to make a progressive squirm, tell him that history is cyclical. Whether they realize it or not, progressives borrow their entire worldview from Christianity, and therefore have a fundamentally millenarian view of history. The idea of cycles makes them uncomfortable.
After all, humanity is supposed to be marching toward that secular paradise. Even when bad things happen—like Trump and Bannon—it’s okay because, as Obama liked to say (quoting Dr. Martin Luther King), “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Or, as Ashbrook asked Howe, “What about working for peace, justice, international equity? The things that might hold a crisis at bay?”
I'm also reminded of the Tytler Cycle.
http://thenicolfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cycle-of-democracy.jpg
I think we're somewhere between dependence and the incoming bondage period.