The Rapid ‘Progress’ of Progressivism
8th March 2018
Victor Davis Hanson blows the whistle.
It leads to an endless race for equality and erodes prior rules.Not long ago I waited for a flight to board. The plane took off 45 minutes late. There were only two attendants to accommodate eleven passengers who had requested wheelchair assistance.
Such growing efforts to ensure that the physically challenged can easily fly are certainly welcome. But when our plane landed — late and in danger of causing many passengers to miss their connecting flights — most of the eleven wheelchair-bound passengers left their seats unassisted and hurried out. It was almost as if newfound concerns about making connections had somehow improved their health during the flight.
You can’t game the system unless there’s a system to game. And the more complicated it is, the more room there is to game it. But not to worry — our government has that covered.