Activist DeRay McKesson, pictured in 2019. (ACLU) Ian Ocx and Svetlana Hagan | Red Phoenix correspondents | Texas– On Monday, April 15, 2024 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) an…
The right to protest is also a protection for the government. People will have grievances, if they can’t express themselves peacefully then they’ll express themselves violently.
You know the saying surrounding the learning of history and the dangers of the lack thereof?
It’s not cynical enough.
It’s always thinking “this time, my knowledge and lack of scruples will supersede the human condition!” with the regressive, self-deluded authoritarian mind.
The tragedy of the “doomed to repeat it” and “doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes” aphorisms both is always going to be a function of linear time, not the wit of the self-styled Masters of the times.
Sucks to live on human timescales during these times tho, I think every pen since antiquity agrees.
The right to protest is also a protection for the government. People will have grievances, if they can’t express themselves peacefully then they’ll express themselves violently.
You know the saying surrounding the learning of history and the dangers of the lack thereof?
It’s not cynical enough.
It’s always thinking “this time, my knowledge and lack of scruples will supersede the human condition!” with the regressive, self-deluded authoritarian mind.
The tragedy of the “doomed to repeat it” and “doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes” aphorisms both is always going to be a function of linear time, not the wit of the self-styled Masters of the times.
Sucks to live on human timescales during these times tho, I think every pen since antiquity agrees.