> I think it was Horkheimer who complained about how "be reasonable"
> came to mean "conform to the status quo," where reason was once (or
> should have been) a critical function. "Reality" serves a similar
> purpose.
But one might also lament that "don't conform to the status quo" came to mean "yield to the irrational" - whereas dissent and non-conformity once were (or should have been) functions associated with reason.
I endorse both laments.
SA