The left… inherited from Liberalism certain distinctly questionable beliefs, such as the belief that truth will prevail and persecution defeats itself,” and certain pacifists seemed to think that sitting back and waiting for persecution to defeat itself was the right way to go. The problem is that persecution defeats itself only in the sense that it sometimes makes it easier for outsiders to knock it down by making foolish decisions as a result of its prejudices
Boy do I feel this right now about 21st century US and UK politics, definitely.
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Date: 2019-10-11 01:48 pm (UTC)Boy do I feel this right now about 21st century US and UK politics, definitely.