zoogs Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/opinion/the-enlightenment-project.html?_r=1#story-continues-1 Enlightenment thinkers turned their skeptical ideas into skeptical institutions, notably the U.S. Constitution. (...) Todays anti-Enlightenment movements (...) dont see history as a gradual march toward cooperation. They see history as cataclysmic cycles a zero-sum endeavor marked by conflict. Nations trying to screw other nations, races inherently trying to oppress other races. These movements are hostile to rules-based systems, multilateral organizations, the messy compromises of democratic politics and what Steve Bannon calls the administrative state. They prefer the direct rule by one strongman who is the embodiment of the will of the people. Again, I have very much to disagree with when it comes to the avowedly conservative David Brooks. But here, his words are important and I will largely agree. This is a vital project worth defending from those who would eagerly shrug it off. Link to comment
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