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MabinogiFan posted...

Morality is ultimately subjective, so ascribing it to history seems silly to me. There are truths and lies in history, winners and losers, but no inherent right or wrong.

That's because the "right side" and "wrong side" of history are just meaningless slogans used to win over gullible idiots. Within any given moment, there's obviously never going to be any indication what might be considered right or wrong in the future. However, more importantly, it's used as a claim that one side or the other will win, which is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

It's also worth noting that "progress" is a largely meaningless buzzword as well. There are certain limited applications where there's a finite end goal in mind, but usually people use it in vague, nonsensical ways.

GunslingerGunsl posted...

Sure, if you believe in complete moral subjectivity. Most however don't.

Really moving the goalposts there. There are only a handful of things that are universally recognized as being bad and, throughout history, even some of the most deplorable acts were praised.... and, honestly, there's a VERY good likelihood that some acts we consider terrible today may wind up being condoned again in the future because we are starting to put more and more power into government. When you give too much power to government, horrible things inevitably happen.


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