The title in the image above may seem confusing to most readers because they disagree with the concept totally. What if there was more to this concept than, pardon the pun, meets the eye. Consider this point... Today we are witnessing many examples of how the younger generations are espousing ideas or concepts which claim to be correcting past injustices. But what if such things are based on a lack of knowledge about the perceived injustice?
Ignorance has been the common theme throughout history. However, if we rationally and honestly examine the various ideas of misguided ideas, notions, or concepts, it becomes apparent that they were, or are, misguided and deceptive.
Case in point, as this latest Prager U video points out, the concept of "An eye for an eye" was not some ancient law that actually meant we should injure anyone who committed an injustice to someone else, but that every person was of equal value rather than the older law established by kings of previous civilizations - like Babylon - that nobility's value was more important than commoners.
This changes one's understanding of the motive, or reasoning, behind such maxims of evolving civilization's concepts significantly. So, if today's youth are demanding a past perceived immorality justifies tearing down a statue of someone from a prior era because it doesn't deserve to stand, now that we are "enlightened" and won't tolerate any such public reminders of that past, then ignorance in many cases is most likely acting on misunderstood, or incorrect premises, and not on the real educated reason why something existed in the past. If this is difficult to follow, watching the video should make it more clear.
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