I think you may not be interpreting the phrase "the wrong side of history" as people who say it mean it.
There a classic saying that "
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." Max Planck
Effectively there's a position that's obviously correct but there are also people who are just too hidebound and change averse to recognize it and progress can't be made until they die off. But progress will be made because the position is correct. When you tell someone they are on the wrong side of history you are reminding them they are behaving like one of the old men that Plank mentions. Put another way, what it's saying is "if you look at people who don't come from the past and don't have large status quo bias you will notice a trend".
Put another way, what it's saying is "if you look at people who don't come from the past and don't have large status quo bias you will notice a trend".
One's person status quo bias is another person's Chesterton fence. The quote from which this comment tree branches is from Chesterton.
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