Here’s a Columbus Day reminder to those who moralize about being on the “right side of history”: the “right” side of history is nothing more than the WINNING side. And Columbus, among others, WON. We do not necessarily have to admire or honor his victory—we can virtuously condemn his immorality—but HISTORY doesn’t care. We act in bad faith when we smugly claim that history will vindicate US because WE are “right.” (Yeah, I know: I, too, am virtue-signaling here. So, go ahead, cut off my hand.)
