The Left Keeps Saying They’re on the Right Side of History. History Disagrees.
If you’ve spent more than five minutes around a self-righteous liberal, you’ve heard it:
“We’re on the right side of history.”
It’s their favorite slogan. Their ultimate moral trump card. The phrase they pull out when their arguments are weak, their logic is dead, and their policies are circling the drain. It’s meant to shut you up—because who wants to be on the wrong side of history?
But here’s the problem: they’re almost never right. The rare broken-clock moments aside, their record is a wasteland.
Every major crusade the modern left has sold as “history in the making” ends in disaster, division, or collapse. It’s become a running joke—except they’re still dead serious.
So let’s walk through eight of their proudest failures.
1. “Defund the Police”
The year was 2020. Cities were burning, crime was exploding, and the left declared police the enemy of the people. “Defund the police!” they screamed. “We’re on the right side of history!”
Fast-forward a few years:
- Murder rates spiked in nearly every major city.
- 911 response times doubled in places like Portland and Minneapolis.
- Entire neighborhoods were abandoned by law enforcement—and guess who suffered most? Poor minorities.
Now even progressive mayors are begging for more cops. Cities are scrambling to rehire the officers they demonized. Don’t expect an apology, though. They just pretend it never happened.
That wasn’t “history.” That was a body count.
2. “Gender-Affirming Care for Kids”
Another moral crusade: the left declared that allowing children—literal children—to change genders was not just acceptable, but morally necessary. If you disagreed, you were a bigot. A monster. A Nazi.
“We’re on the right side of history,” they said as they pushed puberty blockers, double mastectomies, and sterilizing hormones on confused 12-year-olds.
But reality is catching up:
- Detransitioners are speaking out, suing clinics, and telling horror stories.
- Countries like Sweden, Finland, and the UK—once champions of “gender-affirming care”—are now backing away, citing lack of evidence and irreversible harm.
- Lawsuits are piling up. Medical boards are scrambling.
You didn’t save kids. You experimented on them.
3. “Trust the Science”
This one was everywhere during COVID. Masks, lockdowns, mandates, experimental vaccines—they slapped “trust the science” on everything, then steamrolled anyone who dared ask a question.
Except the “science” kept changing. The goalposts moved daily. And Fauci, the self-declared Science himself, became a political mascot.
- “Two weeks to flatten the curve” became two years to flatten the middle class.
- The vaccine didn’t stop transmission, but you still lost your job if you refused it.
- Kids were masked for years, despite being the least vulnerable.
The fallout? Record-high learning loss, teen mental health crises, economies wrecked.
You didn’t trust science. You weaponized it.
4. “Diversity and Inclusion”
Sounds great, right? Who doesn’t want diversity and inclusion?
But on the left, those words mean quotas, double standards, and institutionalized discrimination. DEI programs turned workplaces and universities into grievance factories.
The results?
- Lower standards.
- Worse performance.
- Toxic workplaces where everyone walks on eggshells.
Even companies that bragged about their DEI commitments are quietly scaling back. College admissions schemes are unraveling. Regular voters are fed up.
You didn’t unite people. You turned race into a battlefield.
5. “Open Borders”
For decades, the left mocked anyone who said we needed secure borders. They called it racist, xenophobic, cruel.
Then came the migrant waves. The sanctuary cities. The overwhelmed hospitals, schools, and public services.
Now?
- New York City is collapsing.
- Chicago is overrun.
- Even California is starting to panic.
Turns out open borders don’t bring utopia. They bring chaos.
6. “Climate Change Apocalypse”
For half a century, the left has warned that the world is about to end. Ice caps gone by 2013. New York underwater by 2015. Snow extinct by 2020. Yet here we are.
Meanwhile, they push policies that crush workers:
- Gas stove bans.
- EV mandates nobody wants.
- Killing entire industries and thousands of jobs.
And while you sacrifice your truck, China fires up a new coal plant every week. The net effect? Nothing.
You’ve been wrong for 50 years straight. That’s not science. That’s a scam.
7. “Woke Hollywood”
The left swore “representation” would save the entertainment industry. Every franchise was force-fed new identities and gender theories.
Result?
- Box office disasters.
- Star Wars and Marvel reduced to preachy messes.
- Audiences leaving in droves.
Even Netflix is quietly backing off the woke content. Critics who once called every complaint “racist” are now whispering: maybe people just want good stories.
You didn’t save Hollywood. You buried it.
8. “Modern Feminism”
Third-wave feminism promised empowerment. Instead, it delivered man-hating TikToks, OnlyFans, and a generation of women more depressed and anxious than ever.
Women were told:
- Don’t marry.
- Don’t have kids.
- Sleep with as many people as possible.
- Focus on career above all.
Now?
- Birth rates are collapsing.
- Loneliness is skyrocketing.
- Surveys show women are the unhappiest they’ve ever been.
Traditional values weren’t oppression. They were stability.
What the Left Really Means by “Right Side of History”
When the left says they’re on the right side of history, they don’t mean they’ve examined the evidence. They mean:
- They’re emotionally invested in the outcome.
- They want to feel morally superior.
- And they want to shut you up.
It’s not a prediction. It’s a threat.
Final Thought
History has a funny way of humbling the arrogant. And arrogance is the left’s brand.
From COVID to climate to crime to culture, their track record is one long wreckage of broken promises and failed experiments.
The next time someone says they’re on the “right side of history,” ask them to list one thing their side got right.
Just one.
You’ll be waiting until the history books close.
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