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[myrmedon]

“The whole modern world has divided itself into conservatives and progressives. The business of progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition.

Comments

[seiquosteve]

Heh, so true, so true...

[cpanda]

Hey political humor

[liden]

that's funny in a very not funny, really sad, disturbing sort of way.

[dependent_todd]

ayn rand is the devil...

[myrmedon]

pinko commie scum.

[dystopic151]

I kind of disagree. The quote comes from a perspective that denies the hope of progress. I object to that.

[myrmedon]

No, it simply says that progressives look toward schemes for progress that don't actually work. And there's a difference between progress and change. Our world definitely changes, and even changes in a particular direction for the most part, but whether it's getting better or worse is really up to personal tastes.