The cathedral at the Loyola campus of Concordia University in Montreal has been converted into an ecumenical religious observance site with symbols from Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, wiccan deities, etc. superimposed atop the stained glass
One would think that arriving at this place of post-theological diversity and inclusion meant the complacent repose -- the terminal boredom at the end of History -- that Fukuyama foresaw in 1991....
But he also saw that people would become nostalgic for struggle and sacrifice and the heroic deeds it summoned up rather than perpetual tendency to the museum of history
The online cosplay/political D&D game of cancellation seems best understood with reference to these tendencies
*perpetual tending
The clash of civilizations portended by 9/11 seemed like it might be a thing -- but it's kind of fizzled out as consumerism and education, especially of women, eventually does its work in those places too
So instead we have this endless seeking after moral perfection by a new unelected secular clerisy who have appropriated both corporate America and the national security state in a single political party affiliated monoculture
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