“We repudiated all versions of original sin, of there being insane and irrational springs of wickedness in most men. We were not aware that civilization was a thin and precarious crust…and only maintained by rules and conventions. It did not occur to us to respect the extraordinary accomplishment of our predecessors in the ordering of life, or the elaborate framework that they had devised to protect this order. We completely misunderstood human nature, including our own”
Pretty much encapsulates progressivism in one sentence—except for the part about figuring out they were wrong.
It’s about what I had always assumed — when you aren’t busy raping little boys, rape taxpayers. Same thing.