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- Jun 14, 2018
More and more from certain segments of the left on Twitter, you see the abstract concept of history be ascribed the attributes of some sort of pantheistic deity, or embodiment of destiny and fate.
History is defined as bipolar, having two sides. There is a Right Side of History, and there is a Wrong Side of History. To be on the Right Side of History is to basically be in some "secular" equivalent to Heaven, and to be on the Wrong Side of History is to basically be in some "secular" equivalent to Hell.
Of course, since the people most likely to use this kind of terminology are strongly left-wing, possessing left-wing politics (at least of a certain type) is to be on the Right Side of History, while possessing any politics to the right of Bernie Sanders is to be on the Wrong Side of History.
Now, what I want to know is: why did this Cult of History start, when did it start, and why did it take off on Twitter the way that it did?
History is defined as bipolar, having two sides. There is a Right Side of History, and there is a Wrong Side of History. To be on the Right Side of History is to basically be in some "secular" equivalent to Heaven, and to be on the Wrong Side of History is to basically be in some "secular" equivalent to Hell.
Of course, since the people most likely to use this kind of terminology are strongly left-wing, possessing left-wing politics (at least of a certain type) is to be on the Right Side of History, while possessing any politics to the right of Bernie Sanders is to be on the Wrong Side of History.
Now, what I want to know is: why did this Cult of History start, when did it start, and why did it take off on Twitter the way that it did?