Not just Lincoln Steffens. Even ordinary conservatives used ro believe they were fighting a rear guard action against Progress. Suddenly the vision of the 20th century catastrophically collapsed but what is it we see?
The progressive future, like a Hillary candidacy, is more impressive in the buildup than the arrival.
Polls show Hillary beating Trump without even trying. It’s fascinating to consider whether she’s a bigger threat to Trump or the Democratic left, like one of those armored giants from the dawn of time released from an icy prison to menace the puny endeavors of men.
But at least they’re part of the Paris climate agreement.
America is not yet ready for her. The voters are never worthy of politicians.
Mark Zuckerberg “should pay a price” for what he is doing to democracy, Hillary Clinton has said, as she expressed doubts about whether free and fair elections were even possible in the wake of Facebook’s decision to not factcheck political advertising.
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/04/hillary-clinton-mark-zuckerberg-pay-price-damage-democracy
Warren, like Trump, is a “populist”. What have the elites done to deserve this? This means that apart from Biden there is no champion for the Restoration, unless Hillary comes back in.
Politics is now firmly in the post-something era. “Change has come to America” and the Left searches for its continuation.
But not exactly in the way Obama thought. He was on one Arc of History but history was on a different trajectory. Average politicians think they can control the future. The slightly more talented simply seek to understand and survive it.
“it looks like a campaign and it sounds like a campaign but it isn’t a campaign”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/04/the-stakes-are-enormous-is-hillary-clinton-set-for-a-white-house-run
Obama expressed particular frustration with young people on college campuses who think the best way to enact change is “to be as judgmental as possible about other people.”
“look for the losers, especially the ones who want to think they are winners because they hang on to important positions.”
Spying on the sleeping is like tainting children’s ice cream.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/11/02/google-to-buy-fitbit-for-21-billion-what-about-privacy-concerns/amp/
California’s “status as the vanguard of environmental policy seemed at the very least diminished.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/us/climate-change-california-fires-trump.html
Warren retorts that Obama officials disagree.
Knowledge inequality is creating a world of primitives ruled by sorcerers. Take California …
The 21st century collides with the 8th and the 1st joins in.
How much of the transgender surge is caused by social media? And has this phenomenon happened before?
The Taliban and Islamic State fighters are actively operating in parts of Nangarhar, which shares a border with Pakistan in the east.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSKBN1WY09U
The mosque attack was the latest act of violence in the country. A U.N. report this week said 4,313 civilians were killed and wounded in Afghanistan’s war between July and September.
It’s one of the reasons we don’t operate Facebook, Instagram or our other services in China. I wanted our services in China because I believe in connecting the whole world and I thought we might help create a more open society. I worked hard to make this happen. But we could never come to agreement on what it would take for us to operate there, and they never let us in.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/mark-zuckerberg-takes-a-surprising-stand-for-freedom
