Write 500 words on this topic: “Can the Remnant in one historical era become the majority later? Why or why not?”
I believe the remnant can become the majority later on. To define “remnant” like Albert Jay Nock described it, “a small group that keeps certain ideas alive even when they are unpopular.” There are many examples of this happening in history.
Such as the 1700s. The settlers were once a minority against the British monarchy, but they later influenced the American Revolution. This first minority view then became the United States. This example shows that Americans were once the “remnant” but then later became the majority.
This is the same for abolitionists before slavery ended. In the 1800s abolitionists were the “remnant.” They were a small, hated minority group. After certain figures like Frederick Douglass and more, they kept pushing and speaking against slavery to have it abolished. They faced quite a bit of backlash but still argued otherwise. Eventually their opinion became the majority, and slavery was abolished.
These two big examples of “remnant” show that good ideas can succeed and survive over time because of it. The ideas survive because of education, books, and debate rather than extreme force. But the “remnant” sometimes never becomes the majority. This is because nobody ever accepts their ideas, or these people much prefer security and comfort over their ideas. I think that when an idea is good and smart, no matter the size of people, they will eventually become the majority.
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