Getting by with a little help from our friends

It's becoming a trend. An encouraging one.

Iran police, protesters clash at U.S. Embassy rally

Progress doesn't depend on power. Quite the opposite. Progress generally happens despite and at the expense of those in power.

Because becoming responsible for our own lives and one another does not and should not depend on power, ideally.

And that is the direction of liberal progress. Whether governments and their supporters want to face that fact or not.