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Social change isn’t like technological progress, despite what liberals like to think: Just because a social model is new and gaining ground doesn’t mean that it represents an advance for human flourishing.
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Ross Douthat

This is something I’ve argued for a long time: “progression” (i.e. change) does not inherently mean progress—an idea much liberalism seems founded on.

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posted 8 / 25 / 2010
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