Rob Campbell’s Great Leap Backwards
Campbell’s argument rejects the notion that the individual can transcend the claims of tribalism and identity politics as ‘hopeless idealism’. The tribe, and the identity it bequeaths, says Campbell, cannot be “wished or washed away”. It is, he declares, “simply part of being human”.
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The real engine of progress must be a population that spends its days grappling with imperfect machines and frustrating activities. That is where the ideas are born, and ideas are the only way to solve any problem.
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I feel the mullahs of Tehran were a mite hasty in going with one of their own. There are other just as worthy candidates far beyond their shores.
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America may be a flawed hegemon but it’s easily better than all the alternatives.
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They might ask the Iranian communists of 1979 how it’ll work out.
And So Failure Becomes Proof
If we genuinely want a society that flourishes, the answer is not racial division, grievance politics, or endless attempts to save people from themselves. The answer is much older, much simpler, and far more powerful.
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