Done deal
It's finally occurred to me, deep in my bones, that there really is no other endgame for democratic politics than a liberalized future. Meaning a future of greater liberty.
The major empires of the world tried exactly the kind of logic that both major parties and ideologies have taken in the last 10 years. The logic of might makes right. And the infinite manipulations around that and trying to look like that is not what they are doing.
And the consequences became so tragic and obvious, that they simply could not continue down the same path. The rise of Hitler and Stalin being the most obvious. And Communist imperlialism and the ugly rationalizations of power geopolitics being the longer term tragic consequence.
And the illiberal policies, of the right and left, in the last decade, and every player in the circles of power, will suffer the same fate. Without question, at some point. With a world of unnecessary tragedy, all in the name of fruitless ego, as a consequence.
The most enduring principle in politics, as in life. What comes around goes around. And all assholes get their due.
And, after a time, people get tired of what's coming around.
The real question that all of us need to ask ourselves is, "Will I be proud of my behavior and my contributions, when that day comes?"
Because whether we will or we will not, the world will become freer right underneath our noses, as George Orwell intimated.
And there's not a damn thing to be done to control it otherwise.
