The right side of history

A Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas

[Jonah]Goldberg then explained that there “is a certain Marxist sting” to the cliché of being “on the right side of history.” It’s a way, he continued, of “saying to your opponents, ‘hey, look, you’re going to lose this argument eventually so you might as well quit now and stop complaining.’”