Unhealthy Skepticism

The liberal status quo thrives off of the demise of communism because they know that as soon as any great progressive idea is put to the test of public opinion, the people can be counted on to skeptically reply: “I’ll believe it when I see it,” or cynically condemn it as a “pipe dream”. Therefore they will leave the progressive thinker with the nigh impossible task of building a new model society without any popular support. It is no wonder that the liberals and conservatives who make up the backbone of modern politics think that they will remain in power indefinitely – for they are the only choice and in the absence of socialism or any other progressive ideology no one really questions their domineering authority over a political system which, likewise, no one seriously challenges. Indeed, the only things that are challenged and seriously questioned are the alternatives put forward by others.
When liberalism and conservatism rose to power, and particularly in the case of liberalism, people were willing to believe in new ideals and were willing to sacrifice for new ideals (we have to remember that modernity did not emerge overnight but through a long and bloody period of trial and error spanning over two centuries). The skepticism that is so prevalent now essentially keeps the outmoded ideals of the 18th and 19th centuries in power because few people are willing to believe in and almost no one is willing to sacrifice for new ideas – essentially they are unwilling to endure the period of trial and error required to build a new and better world order and therefore they stunt the growth of humankind. This situation permits world leaders such as George W. Bush to advance their reactionary agendas with impunity regardless of how much the general public despises them. It is impermissible that such a situation should continue. Humanity must advance.