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NoRethugFriends

(3,680 posts)
2. Good grief. I pretty much never agree with you
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 12:10 PM
Jan 28

ButI think you are right on here. This arc of history bending toward justice stuff is poppycock.
May bend that way for a bit but will go right back to tyranny.

rampartd

(4,228 posts)
3. i'm a skeptic on that arc of history, or at least the currant direction
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 01:36 PM
Jan 28

the arc is definitely crashing towards dark ages of chaos

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Roy Rolling

(7,514 posts)
8. Curious
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 07:11 AM
Jan 29

What ages are the commenters here who disagree with the statement? I stand by my observation and think it’s important for me to learn what is the conflict.

Thanks if you care to participate.

Deminpenn

(17,335 posts)
10. This current time has striking similaries to the 1920s and early 1930s
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 07:20 AM
Jan 29

None of what is happening now is new to America.

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