tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post6724342050252475677..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: In Britain, Contempt for ElitesJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-55639052494652554482016-06-15T22:26:27.190-04:002016-06-15T22:26:27.190-04:00"There is a large group of older people in bo...<i>"There is a large group of older people in both the US and Britain that worries very much about national decline and does not trust the current leadership to do anything about it."</i><br /><br />So it goes, and so it has gone for all of known history. Every culture in every age has seen those who bemoan an imagined "decline" and distrust the younger generations to lead them to anything but ruin. <br /><br />But ten thousand years of the fearful trying and failing to turn back the clock have taught us there's simply no going back. The future marches ever closer, the past ever further. And while some go calmly and even eagerly into new frontiers, the rest go kicking and screaming to face the inevitable.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com