The
further I read in this great, Pulitzer Prize winning book the more amazed am I that the principles of the Enlightenment – the improvement of society through
reason; the challenging of ideas grounded in tradition and faith; and the
advancement of knowledge through skepticism, scientific method, and
intellectual interchange - have not by now been completely rooted out and
discarded by mainstream America and the politicians that prey upon, serve, and
ultimately rule them. [Perhaps this is in fact the real American story, that
Enlightenment principles remain in place at all.]
Maybe we are experiencing the last chapter in the current conservative, Christian, Republican effort at such an eradication and societal takeover. For the holders of this vision seem to be ever-more numerous, determined, and entrenched in power. If they ultimately succeed, and current events in the US continue to strengthen my belief that they might, a new and much more brutal Dark Age will soon and surely follow.
Maybe we are experiencing the last chapter in the current conservative, Christian, Republican effort at such an eradication and societal takeover. For the holders of this vision seem to be ever-more numerous, determined, and entrenched in power. If they ultimately succeed, and current events in the US continue to strengthen my belief that they might, a new and much more brutal Dark Age will soon and surely follow.
