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Sorry for the vanity [what happened to 'your opinions/question'?] but as I was waxing philosophical on other threads I came to a revelation I'd not seen written elsewhere and which I think may be a useful key to understanding the enemy we face. I only hope others else here can use this insight to help forge a plan of action to combat it.

Interesting argument, but you haven't sold me yet.

"The evil cancer of modern liberalism has spread through society. Few people, however, recognize its root. It all boils down to a simple credo:

Hardship is bad, and society should work against it."

This might be true. If we take your definition of hardship, essentially "unrealized goals", that may account for some of the left's more utopian aims. Many of the "safety-net" and welfare programs are in theory supposed to eliminate suffering.

"The better things become, however, the better one will wish they were. Since the driving motivation behind the human spirit is a desire to make things better, a world without hardship would be fundamentally incompatible with it."

This part of your argument is a problem. After all, didn't you say earlier that the eradication of hardship, "all goals being met", is absolutely impossible? This would mean that, despite the intentions of leftists, the human spirit is in no danger at all. Oddly, your argument seems to work in FAVOR of liberals. If liberals are attempting to "make things better", and if "the better things become, the better one will wish they were"- it seems like liberal policies would compliment that aspect of human nature you describe instead of undermine it!

Your reference to slavery is also peculiar. Do you really believe that liberals (1) cognizant of the fact that a perfect world would not necessarily be good for humanity and (2) honestly believe they could achieve it and (3) want to achieve it out of actual malicious intent? I'd have a much easier time buying a theory that portrayed liberals as misguided than out and out malevolent.