Making decisions based on future inevitability

This topic applies to both politics and life in general. It may sound a bit confusing, but stay with me for a minute. Every day we come across people debating issues. Roe vs. Wade, gay rights, equality of pay for women, space exploration, etc. There never seems to be an end to these debates since each person is extremely convinced about their position. I’m not here to question the validity of each of these issues; I’m just trying to present a different approach to solving these issues.

Instead of arguing about what’s currently right and wrong or what currently makes sense and doesn’t, it’s very important to look forward into the future to see what the inevitable outcome of these issues will be. To understand this argument, let’s analyze the past for a second. Let’s take slavery or civil rights. There was a big debate (heck, an actual war!!) about whether slaves should be freed and later on whether blacks should have equal rights. Instead of arguing and fighting about it, if they had stopped and realized that this slavery system will not last forever and that eventually people will either rebel or there will be a majority who believe that they should be free, then they could have used that information to make their decision. It’s almost like having a crystal ball to see into the future and accept the eventuality of certain issues NOW instead of resisting it.

Take that principle and apply it to 2 big issues of today’s political diversity in this country: abortion rights and gay rights. Anyone with an ounce of common sense will tell you that these are the civil rights issues of the 21st century and that it’s only a matter of time before pro-choice and gay marriages become the norm and not the exception. The people who are opposing that today will be made fun of and ridiculed in a couple of decades. If they can see that now, maybe they can accept this eventuality sooner and save all of us a lot of time!

If you think about it, technology does that in almost every field. Most technological advances are made by looking into the future and coming up with ideas that are not currently feasible, but are inevitable and then working towards that. Putting a man on the moon is a classic example. Concept cars are the main drivers of future car technology. Sci fi movies have pretty much inspired most of the technology that we see today! It’s a practically proven technique; why can’t we apply that to make some of the moral decisions as well?

People who oppose the inevitable simply just have their heads in the sand. Unfortunately, there are enough of them.