I tend to agree the trip shouldn’t have happened, if only to guard against the risk of a national cheeseburger shortage, but it’s time we dropped that “wrong side of history” argument. Like the crevice down the back of a sofa, full of coins and old bits of Play-Doh, the Wrong Side of History has become a crowded place in recent years. But perhaps what we should really look back on with shame is banging on about the right and wrong sides of history. As the political theorist Jacob Levy put it: “Understanding – and doing – the right thing is hard, an ongoing struggle that every person and every generation faces. But that helps to show why the “wrong side of history” idea makes no sense.

Source: The Guardian June 21, 2019 13:52 UTC