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Political philosophy

It just happens

way too often for it to be a fluke. Why do Democrats hate free speech and love darkness so? Why do they hate free speech with the heat of a thousand suns? And why do they hide who they really are and what they really believe?

I guess the answer is pretty obvious…

But Lefties, you need to ask yourselves–Is this who you are?

Really?

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Political philosophy

Don’t be fooled

as to what Leftism ACTUALLY is! Yes, there are less extreme,”creeping” or “Fabian” forms of it, but it all comes down to this: A plate full of poop is really not at all appetizing. Most of us would quickly reject it.

And yet a 10th of an ounce of poop in a gallon of soup is, while much less visible, also not all that appealing! In fact, it’s hardly discernible at all!

Socialism is about getting you to accept a 10th of an ounce of poop in a gallon of soup…

And, it’s the thin edge of the wedge, it is the gateway to plates of poop. It is the proverbial camel’s nose in the tent…

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Hypocrisy Political philosophy

Modern Leftism/Wokery

in one image:

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Basic Economics Human Misery Political philosophy

Just KNOW

what makes wealth happen, SPOILER: It ain’t coercive government!

But this is a lesson Lefties have frantically avoided leaning. The very obvious lesson we get from looking at the world?: Decreased freedom leads to human misery. DUH!

In short, politics very much matter! Leftism leads to human misery. And we have seen this over and over and over. It’s SO obvious now, that it’s hard to morally justify being on the Left!

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Political philosophy

Like I keep

telling you, comrade: There IS no humor in Leftism!

Because everyone on the American Left traffics in fear-mongering, the brand tends to be rather pinched, sour, and bitter. It’s difficult to be lighthearted when engaged in a quest to find grievances every waking moment of every day. The humorlessness has really taken root in the younger generations. I’ve noted on many occasions that today’s 20-somethings are the crankiest “Get off my lawn!” types in America.

And I think the Left IS almost all like that. It is inescapable given their foundational worldview! It is rather endemic to Leftism itself. To the extent Leftists are fun-loving and humorous they are NOT acting as Leftists!

Because there IS no humor in Leftism itself!

It’s important to remember that little things can turn into big things in a hurry when the leftists are in charge. They’re particularly offended by anyone who won’t join them in their wallowing.

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Political philosophy

See, I think

that was always the way he rolled. Maybe pretending to be more “moderate” was good electoral politics for him in years past, but that has never been who he actually was. That’s why Obama chose him–he was hard Left but “passed” for a moderate.

So was he “pushed?” Sure, but it’s not like it took vey much! It was like a glutton saying, “OK fine, if you insist I will have a slice of cake–Oh, and make it a BIG slice!”

How is Manchin such a total fool as to think otherwise! Yeah, DUH! 🤷🏻

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) expressed disappointment about President Joe Biden‘s shift “to the far Left” during his first term in office.

“Shift?” Yeah, no. Hidden? A bit, but that is how all Lefties are! The Lefty way is to hide who they really are. Otherwise, they would never get elected in the first place! (except in places like San Fransisco)

It is virtually always the case that elected officials and judges get more openly Leftist the longer they are in office. It is pretty much never the opposite–they revert to form. And a HUGE part of that is that they deliberately misrepresent themselves in order to get into office in the first place! (see: Mitt Romney)

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Political philosophy

I have asked Leftists,

“What makes you a Leftist?” Unfortunately, if they will respond at all, it is something like, “care for the environment,” or “human rights” or something.

But that more than a little superficial: There is simply no Conservative I have ever met who wants to rape the environment or who despises human rights! It is SUCH a red herring!

I think that such a response shows thinking that is about a millimeter deep and that has been captured by a dishonest sub-culture and MSM. It is a reflexive catechism, not a deeply intellectually-considered stance. It is a caricature.

I think there are several important issues surrounding power and force, but there is a much more foundational issue in play, here: What has been shown to work?

See, Leftism in general is fundamentally Rationalist in nature–what sounds good right now; What makes rational sense. It is the intellectual equivalent of two college freshmen smoking a joint in their dorm room and saying, “DOOD! What if…”

Conservatism, on the other hand, is fundamentally Empirical in nature–what has been demonstrated to work in the past! The past is a key to the future. Yes, there is assessment and some inevitable theorizing, but unlike a Leftism/Rationalism, that theorizing is an adjunct that must be defended, not the entire foundation of knowledge!

So as a Conservative, I really don’t live in the past, but the past lives in me! Historical Empiricism.

Are their inherent logical weaknesses in such an approach? Oh certainly; On the research side, one can get overly biologically reductionistic, for example (though to be fair, that leap is an application of Rationalism to the issue at hand). But still, the risks are far less with Empiricism than with Rationalism. FAR less.

The bottom line is that I have a good answer to the question, “Why are you a Conservative?” Leftist simply have no socially acceptable answer to the question, “Why are you a Leftist?”

They can honestly cite ignorance, pride, Rationalism über alles, and love of power and dominion. Those are not exactly socially acceptable answers. So is there anything else that is unique to Leftism?

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Political philosophy

Heaven knows I

would like it to be true. And there is indeed a sliver of daylight, here.

And it is indisputably true that the Left is so intellectually weak that most of the time they will run away calling names back over their shoulders rather than logically and rationally defend their positions.

But the truth is that their avoidance and ego-protectionism is often successful, or at least self-reinforcing. Sure, it requires that the Lefty hack retreat back into the fetid Lefty fever swamps, but at heart that strategy is often successful in terms of self-protection–so they never have to put their precious beliefs–or egos–at risk. They can just strike a pose–there’s nothing to it!

But there are limits to that approach. And working people across the globe are starting to see the oligarch Left as being all hat and no cattle.

By contrast, many parties and movements that were once associated with the upper classes – such as the American Republicans, Canadian Conservatives and the British Tories – increasingly depend on working- and middle-class voters. These voters have been the force behind the rise of Donald Trump, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, France’s Marine Le Pen, the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders and various right-wing parties in Sweden, Finland, Spain and Denmark.

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I think the rift

between normal, traditional Lefties has now gotten so big that it threatens the very structure of “Democrat” itself.

For example, I had a friend with whom I worked closely almost 25 years ago. And we came to be good friends over a decade–he came over to my house to watch football and we lent each other stuff.

But now he has refused to interact with me at all–he has refused to be my friend. I have voted Democrat in the distant past, but that wasn’t good enough for him!

And the issue is that he has gotten more and more radical in his Leftism until it got to the point where he just could not tolerate having a friend who disagreed with him and who challenged him at all.

And just me being with this friend was itself too much of a challenge to him. He was so far into the Lefty fever swamps that ANY challenge to that warm, moist embrace was just too much for him to tolerate.

And THAT is the rift we are seeing among Democrats. The radical end has gotten more and more extreme, while the more cultural end is starting to shy like a spooked stallion! Sure, they like the idea of Social Security, but things like Portland BLM violence, drag queens, and child sexual mutilation give them hives!

In other words, most of their beliefs are now best embodied by mainstream Republicanism! And so we are seeing some shift from blue-collar workers, Hispanics, and Blacks. And more will happen as Democrat, Inc. gets more and more extreme, and less and less representative of regular people.

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Political philosophy

Do you even

wonder why? Normal people are rejecting this philosophy of losers and whiners.

The only thing more uplifting than watching several prominent liberals drift rightward is the cluelessness of those on the left as to why it’s happening.

This drift is obvious enough, since it includes journalists once heralded by the left such as Matt Taibbi (who won a Young America’s Foundation award) and Glenn Greenwald, and Democratic politicians, including Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (whose speech at a Daily Caller award ceremony drew many loud cheers from the conservative audience), and Sen. John Fetterman (who recently declared that “I am not a progressive”).