How did Christianity go from being a persecuted minority religion to a status quo power that forcibly converted millions of pagans? How did the United States go from an anticolonial movement based on democracy to the world's largest empire? How did socialism go from a working class movement based on people's liberation to an inhumane system of slavery? There is a tendency in human nature for us to stray from our principles with time. Will we fall victim to it too? Or can we recognize the subtle shift in our behavior before its too late? 

(recorded November 2021)