Aside from being Barack Obama’s campaign theme, the need for change is always self evident. Why is it obvious? It is not because change for its own sake is good: it is because change is the necessary mechanism by which the problems of the day can be resolved. Without changes in policies and governments with new ideas, stagnation and the deepening of current problems is all but guaranteed.
This point might seem redundant, but in today’s society, with its constant push to return to “better ideas of the past”, sometimes the need for change is often forgotten. Yes, sometimes a return to a former status is better, for example returning to a United States that doesn’t torture, but too often people use the excuse to try and return to a supposedly more ideal time, like the 1950’s. What they forget, however, is that every era had their tradeoffs and even their favorite time periods were oftentimes worse than the present day.
Political parties advocating for regressive measures thus never realize that the only possible way to find a better solution is to move forward: only by trying new combinations can the best solution be found, especially since problems have persisted current solutions. Thus, we must always look towards the future, and to new ideas.
