They Can’t Stop
They are incapable of stopping; stopping is not in their character; standing still is defeat; slowing down is not acceptable; going backward results in an existential crisis.
Even if they destroy all – including themselves – they can’t stop.
Revolutionaries – true revolutionaries – are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late.
― John Buchanan, The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas
There are two parts in this above quote; I will take each in turn. But first, some context. For this, I will offer three examples, but there are dozens:
Gender: It began simply enough. Free love, no strings attached. It has moved through gay marriage, countless genders, self-identification, changes every day. We will soon enough see legitimization of sex with children and marriage between humans and animals (yes, I believe this is already happening outside of official recognition, but I am thinking of when we will have a box to check on our tax return). After these changes, my mind cannot fathom what comes next; but it will be something.
Russia: Not really Russia so much as NATO. Even to risk nuclear war, the move east will not be stopped. It cannot be stopped – not to say it is impossible, as the United States, with one word, could end this confrontation. But it cannot be stopped, “cannot” to be understood via the precise meaning of “the devil made me do it.”
Abortion: The apoplexy that followed the leaked ruling. The ruling does not make abortion illegal; it merely returns the issue to the states – where it will remain legal in the majority of cases. But going backwards is losing –
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