Posted on 02/24/2018 3:20:59 PM PST by Kaslin
” And the most hubristic of all is Obama’s “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
Abject goosestepping Seig Heil! hubris. When TSHF, these prissy boys won’t know what hit them. Good article.
The ersatz liberalism which is socialism is cynicism towards society, with concomitant naive faith in government. And cynicism is inherently patronizing and arrogant.American conservatives (true liberals) are skeptical enough about society to grant the unfortunate necessity of government - but also skeptical of government. Conservatives are not cynical; cynicism is an antonym for faith.
Thanks for the ping; post; thread. BTTT!
Above all, liberalism is a hubristic faith. Its followers share the fatal flaw of pride in their own intellectual capacity. This is why liberalism appeals so strongly to those in the knowledge trades: teachers, journalists, writers, psychologists, and social workers. The sense of "knowing more than others" is its strongest attraction particularly to the young, who otherwise know so little. Liberalism confers, or seems to confer, almost immediate power and authority to those who embrace it.Also (especially?) lawyers.
“The sense of ‘knowing more than others’ is its strongest attraction”
This really nails it in terms of the psychology of progressivism.
BTTT
Slaves hate those who are free - they’d rather be a big man in the pond than a free man standing on his own in the ocean...
Yes, progressives are extremely prideful. Most of them reject any higher entity (God) being over them, whom they would be accountable to. In their arrogance, they believe in the power of big government.. run by themselves. They are like the “Khan” character in the Star Trek series. They firmly believe that they have a superior intellect. They think that they know better than anyone else, including God. This was the original sin in the Garden of Eden and it continues to today.
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