The brotherhood of man
The Washington Times
by Thomas Sowell
Those of us who believe in the brotherhood of man have to be able to accept the negative, as well as the positive, aspects of that belief.
For example, a stupid and counterproductive idea that catches the fancy of one part of the human race in one part of the world in one era is likely to have a fatal attraction to other people in other places and times.
One such dangerous notion is the idea of being able to undo the wrongs of history. History is so full of wrongs that there are almost unlimited ways to go wrong trying to correct them.