Simon Jenkins Is an Ass
31st May 2013
One of the blind spots of the progressive mind proceeds directly from the rock-solid assumption that, since Progress is inevitable and Progress isn’t possible without change, any change will therefore lead to Progress and so failing to change is somehow throwing Progress under the bus.
Therefore, those who refuse to see change, any change, as an improvement aren’t just wrong, they are Enemies of the Future and therefore of Mankind. And if change doesn’t work out, well, just change it again! There are an infinite number of possible ways to change, and therefore an infinite number of possible avenues to Progress, so inevitably we’ll hit on one, and everything will be golden.
As things fall apart around them, they bask in the warm glow of denial, comforted by the thought that We’re On Our Way To The Future.
Morons, every one of them.