The one that ended with the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. Chantal Delsol, in her landmark Unlearned Lessons of the Twentieth Century described that refusal by so many on the Left to acknowledge the failure of communism:
Vital resistance and resentment are the two main responses to the events of 1989. Vital resistance: the mind realizes its mistake - it admits, for example, that nationalization of the means of production does not produce a happy society, but rather laziness and constant shortages; it refuses, however, to let go of the idea because of its passionate attachment to it. Existence - adventures, friendships, successes - is nourished and permeated by this belief to such an extent that the belief becomes an identity; the individual cannot renounce it without committing a kind of symbolic suicide. No one can admit... that his existence reflects the echo of a failure.In other words, no one wants to admit that the premise upon which one has constructed their entire raison d’etre is an empty, shrieking fraud. This goes a long way towards explaining the tortured mental gymnastics and pretzel logic employed by liberals and the Left today.
But make no mistake: guys like Van Jones are are monsters - killers without conscience.
There is only one way to deal with them.
Also a major reason people cling to their religion. Not necessarily the only reason, but a common one among people who don't really believe in it anymore.
the country isn’t broke “yet”
but they are working on it!!