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Cary

(11,746 posts)
Sun May 16, 2021, 11:46 AM May 2021

"Conservatism" is every bit as much of a disease as Covid

No wonder "conservatives" deny that Covid is a problem: that's a professional courtesy.

We have vaccines and other strategies to protect ourselves, in spite of "conservatism." We need to up our defenses against the scourge of "conservatism" too.

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"Conservatism" is every bit as much of a disease as Covid (Original Post) Cary May 2021 OP
You got me. -misanthroptimist May 2021 #1
I once saw a great series on History about fortifications and breach Cary May 2021 #2

Cary

(11,746 posts)
2. I once saw a great series on History about fortifications and breach
Sun May 16, 2021, 12:22 PM
May 2021

It illustratrated the dialectic. Eventually all fortifications are breached.

Similarly the forces of authoritarianism have managed to fortify their ranks..We breached their fortification by getting people out to vote and now authoritarians are busy trying to deny voting rights so that they can impose minority rule.

We see what they're doing. Thesis, antithesis. The synthesis is in our court.

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