tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795902.post7178899701412505668..comments2023-07-22T07:33:57.869-07:00Comments on Take Control Of Your...: If you want to be viewed favorably by history be on the side of change.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12367655894840073669noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795902.post-24499556011899687102009-02-10T13:19:00.000-08:002009-02-10T13:19:00.000-08:00I agree with your value judgments, but the effect ...I agree with your value judgments, but the effect you're witnessing is that history is written by the winners.<BR/><BR/>If you support a cause that becomes unpopular in the future, you won't go down as a hero in history. But I don't think there's any guarantee that people in our future will share your values or mine. Who knows? The future is up for grabs.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the advocates of Prohibition will be honoured at last in the 22nd century. Unlikely, but possible.<BR/><BR/>Surely, 'progressive' is a subjective label. It depends on what you think of as progress.<BR/><BR/>And 'change' can be good or bad. Prohibition was change, internment of Japanese-Americans was change, etc. If you were in a country invaded by the Mongols in the 13th century, that was change.<BR/><BR/>Probably I'm taking you more literally than you intended.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.com