Throughout the annals of human history, man has rebelled against the status quo in one form or the other. Sometimes, there are sweeping revolutions which wash away regimes, governments, aristocracies, monarchies, and despots. At other times, the upheaval is social, challenging thousands of years of tradition, moral and religious values, and other customs or behavior.
Unfortunately, we seem to never learn. Change is inevitable, and some change is necessary to repeal injustices and correct wrongs – but do we need to throw out the baby with the bath water? Can we not be meticulous and recognize that life is not always black and white, and that a revolution need not destroy everything in its path when elements exist that have proven functional and optimal through the ages?
Perhaps, the reason we often fail to temper excesses is that it is more arduous to be moderate or to discern the fine lines that separate what works from what does not, or to recognize that people, places, events, objects, circumstances are often a blend of the noble and the ignoble, of the good and the bad. And it is hard to whip up a frenzy or a passion or to stir fierce emotions against a system or pattern or modus operandi unless we can characterize all issues into the good guy versus the bad guy.
That perhaps is why we often end up rectifying a wrong by creating new ones.
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