The Perils of Excess: When Liberal Progress Overreaches

“It isn’t that people don’t want progress. They just don’t want so much of it all at once.”

Trump 2.0 starts this month. Plenty of handwringing has been engaged in by those on the Left about how this travesty could have possibly occurred. Many blame crime despite it more a flawed perception of crime when the facts on the ground indicate that crime has gone down across the board. Some cite the economy despite the facts on the ground that economy is actually doing pretty well. I’d suggest it has more to do with the perception of progress, the very lifeblood of liberalism, and how far and fast changes in society must come. It is the perception that progress, rather than developed over time and with persuasive consensus, must be jammed down the throat of the country with an arrogant assumption of righteousness.