Please help me cite examples of some uplifting historical parallels

[bellmartin]

One of my favorite, most comforting aphorisms these days is “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”

I’m looking, specifically, for good examples of the following sort of pivotal historical event, which I hope (and do believe) we’re just beginning to see again in this dark time:

When positive, just progress is being made, it’s never a straight and steady path, but sometimes there’s a violent jerk backward, as reactionary forces wield power, overreact, and try to force regression to some state recalling their view of their good old days.

They can cause severe temporary damage, lurch far backward, but in the longer run this very overreaction and overplaying of their increasingly-desperate hand actually hastens the victory of real, morally-sound progress.

It’s happened before. Please discuss some of the best examples from history. I think there are many of us who can take great solace and impetus for action from those examples.

[grantcart]

1. the clearest parallel is the tragic rule of Rufus T Firefly and Freedonia

[nolabear]

2. BWAH!!!

[bellmartin]

4. "Make America Land of the Brave and Free again!"

[gordianot]

3. Julius Cesar but that led to his nephew.

Then there was Hitler he is gone for good.

[Crash2Parties]

5. Bermuda, under Daniel Tucker

I was going to submit the US Confederacy but a quick check shows they are still running a negative balance to the Federal government for the most part.

[VOX]

6. Gandhi, on the unspeakable horrors of the first half of the last century...

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall – think of it – always.”

The great thing about this unforgettable quote is that it transcends the time in which it was given voice.

[bellmartin]

7. It's time for a mass satyagraha movement! Thank you!