When “the right side of history” turns into an unquestionable moral standard, dissenters are branded thought-criminals—and the arc of history becomes a cudgel for conformity.

📕 Read more: tomklingenstein.com/the-arc-of-his… From Bernie Sanders invoking grandchildren to lobby for policy, to activists insisting on obedience “for the children,” the tactic is the same: moral blackmail via future verdicts.