&quot;So we need to have next generation of people starting from scratch, questioning everything, otherwise we would be stuck with the old ways of doing things.&quot;<p>This is a very important concept - and one I would like to help illustrate with a thought experiment:<p>Think of the most liberal, progressive thinker[1] you can from the 19th century.  I don&#x27;t know ... Karl Marx ?  Tolstoy ?  Lincoln ?  Whomever ...<p>Now, hold that thought ... and think of the most reactionary, &quot;conservative&quot;, bigoted, old-fashioned public figure you can ... Mike Huckabee, perhaps ?<p>I will now suggest that Mike Huckabee, in almost every imaginable measure, is more progressive and liberal than (whomever you chose in step one).  Mike Huckabees wife <i>has worn pants</i>.  Mike Huckabee has <i>spoken to a divorced woman in public</i>.  Mike Huckabee has probably used <i>birth control</i>.[2]<p>See how fast that happened ?  In less than 200 years, the political window has shifted far enough that the <i>most reactionary, right wing</i> member in 2016 is more liberal and more progressive than the most liberal and progressive figures from the prior period.<p>How will that work if people from 200 (or 300 or 400) years ago are not only still around, but presumably well funded with vast stores of capital ?<p>[1] let&#x27;s limit it to very well known, universally recognized figures...<p>[2] Ok, I&#x27;m not sure about that one, but you get the point ...