Leftist Ideology Deconstructed in 1,000 Words

The toxic thinking and horrible consequences of Leftist ideology put into practice and, as explained in the video below this piece, Why the Left Hates America by Daniel J Flynn

The foundational epistemological position of all ‪#‎Leftist‬ thought is Marxist dialectical materialism. Most of them may not have studied ‪#‎Marx‬, but that is the basis of everything they stand for. It is a form of secular monist philosophy, maintaining that a Heglian World Spirit is guiding history along in an upward progression [hence they call themselves “‪#‎progressives‬.”]

Under that paradigm, an existing order continues until its “internal contradictions” come to a critical mass and collapses. Then, inevitably according to them, new flowers grow from the ashes and a new, improved paradigm emerges. Eventually this new Order also deteriorates and falls, continuing a process of ever-greater improvement.

Those who would arrest or even slow down this inevitable progression are called ‪#‎conservatives‬. Those who would dismantle it are called ‪#‎reactionaries‬; they are standing in the way of history. That is why they are fond of saying that those who would repeal any of their policies are trying to “turn back the clock.”

There are only a very few who are Gifted with the ability to read the tea leaves of history to know exactly what the characteristics of this progression is. This process is neither amenable to logic, reason nor evidence -- which they consider lower forms of thought and even superstition.

They are also subjectivists who maintain that “our own mental activity is the only unquestionable fact of our experience.” So they hold that those who do not agree with [viz. believe in] their interpretation of the direction of history are a threat to the continuing progression, because the very existence of contrary thoughts cause their ideas to not work when put into practice.

[Compare this to the religious version of subjectivist theological exclusivism in which non-adherents of their particular sect actually hurt God and thus must be converted or wiped out. That, in turn, makes their religion effectively a violent, expansionist political ideology -- e.g. ‪#‎Islamism‬.]

Marx originally believed that civilization would on its own evolve toward the ideal of From Each According to Ability, to Each According to Need. But when his predictions proved false, Lenin decided that a Vanguard Party was needed to take down the existing order by force and use the coercive power of government to attack what was in the population’s minds and replace it with a willingness to accept the new paradigm. Those who could not be converted had to be eliminated.

Advocates of using violence to push dialectical progression along are called ‪#‎Revolutionaries‬.

[Hence Pol Pot slaughtered 25% of his country’s population during the Killing Fields of ‘75-’79 -- including anyone who wore glasses because he wanted to start with clean slate sans anyone who may have been exposed to any other ideas. Then his Marxist Utopia would have a better chance of working.]

When you combine a political philosophy that is not amenable to reason and is threatened by opposing thought, you have a secular form of dogmatic faith. And thus we can see how hysterical Leftists become when confronted with opposing views. Trying to use logic, reason or evidence to prove that what they advocate is harmful only infuriates them further.

As Dan Flynn pointed out in the video linked, the Left hates America because its very existence, freedom and prosperity disproves their most cherished of ideals. What makes the ‪#‎Left‬ even more harmful is their faith that destroying the existing Order will inevitably lead to a better world. They don’t give much thought as to what happens after civilization collapses because they are sure that it will be an improved paradigm.

Regarding others who hate us [for whatever reason] some of them are disposed to believe that we brought it on ourselves, so if we heal the sins that we committed against them, they will stop killing us.

The most hard-core amongst them view groups such as the ‪#‎Islamists‬ as temporary allies, because they are seen as agents of Change -- which is always for the good. Hence ‪#‎Obama‬’s original slogan. This is why many Leftists also embrace rioters. Anyone who would bring things down is their friend. That is why they have automatic sympathy for anyone who expresses hatred for the United States and automatic revulsion for expressions of patriotism.

They have faith that once the Constitutional Republic is destroyed, they will be able to win over those who helped them under force of arms. [In reality, they would be the first ones to go when the thugs amongst them take over.]

History has demonstrated quite the opposite. When a civilization collapses, there is a long period of darkness, characterized at first by utter chaos, then a period in which roving gangs are fighting each other over rags, bones and rubble. Eventually the faction with the most weapons and the most willingness to use them takes power and re-establishes order with an iron fist.

Only the founding of the United States broke that cycle by instituting a system in which leadership and policies are determined by popular will. It is no accident that the American Revolution coincided with the Industrial ‪#‎Revolution‬. For the first time in history, people were able to gain economic success and political influence by means other than birth. The result was the creative forces of the entire population were released in which personal gain can be accomplished with mutual benefit.

The Left today are the would-be medievalists of tomorrow. Their ‪#‎Utopia‬ would establish an aristocracy of the wealthy who have political connections in which neither political influence nor economic success can be attained w/o the other. All economic decisions are political decisions. All political decisions are economic decisions. The result is an arrogant and often cruel elite lording over a mass deliberately kept ignorant, impoverished and disenfranchised.

Leftists, when confronted with complaints of ever-growing government are fond of responding that, “we are the government.” The way it was previously put was “the State is the people and the people are the State,” so the more power the government has, the more empowered the people are. They firmly believe that private property should only be tolerated so long as it serves the State.

The name for that ‪#‎collectivist‬ ideology is ‪#‎fascism‬. By all means review the history of that ideology -- particularly ideological support for Mussolini.He was a committed Leftist as was Adolph Hitler's National Socialist Workers Party.

Some Leftist academics will say that fascism is an extreme form of ‪#‎capitalism‬, but neither of them were citing Adam Smith or John Locke.

"We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions." - Adolph Hitler

Very interesting. In general, I agree.

However, I think it is a mistake to think that only liberty vs. tyranny is an issue on the political spectrum. There is also the issue of the goals of the government, not just the methods by which they pursue those goals.

For instance, a Tsar, a Lenin and a Hitler may be equally tyrannical, but that their tyrannies have very different purposes and goals.

Calvinists saw the Enlightenment and the subsequent limited representative governments and the consequent Industrial Revolution as bordering on heretical; people who otherwise would be poor would be able to rise up through their own effort and ingenuity. In their eyes, this was thwarting Divine Will.

‘He who will not honor the memory and respect the influence of Calvin knows but little of the origin of American liberty.’
George Bancroft
‘If the average American citizen were asked, who was the founder of America, the true author of our great Republic, he might be puzzled to answer. We can imagine his amazement at hearing the answer given to this question by the famous German historian, Ranke, one of the profoundest scholars of modern times. Says Ranke, ‘John Calvin was the virtual founder of America.'
The Creed of Presbyterians, p. 119 by E. W. Smith,

Calvinism in America by Loraine Boettner

Cordially,

There is a reason I use Left rather than “liberal” — the Left is anything but liberal.

Agreed. They call themselves liberal because they are liars. Leftism is an inherently flawed ideology promoted with lies by liars. Leftists promise heaven but deliver hell because they must impose evil means upon individuals to pursue their utopian collectivist goals.

The Left wants to take society back to the dark ages where there was central authority that owned the land and provided work for the people in return for food and security; in other words Feudal Society.

Excellent post. The fact that the Left claims to believe in "materialism" even as its doctrine of inevitable progress-to-perfection requires some sort of supernatural oversight is down right creepy. The author should have pointed out that the Khmer Rouge constantly threatened that to resist them was to be ground down by the "wheel of history." How long before our liberals actually begin using that expression???

I disagree that they are opposed to patriotism. They are opposed to certain types of patriotism (American, Israeli, "western") but endorse the fanatical patriotism of Third World nationalists and of "socialist states." Even some white European movements evince this leftist version of patriotism, with publications with names like Red Patriot (among the Celts) and an actual "Patriotic Left" in Spain (Basques, Galicians, etc.).

And oh yes, that old lie that "the state is the people." Therefore what the state owns the people own, what the state wills the people will, and whoever opposes the state is an "enemy of the people." What about all those so-called "anarchists" on the Left, eh?

I appreciate the kind words and will consider your suggestions and might incorporate them in the Facebook version, which can be edited.

That version has been changed since the original posting here. You can see it at the link in the OP.

For example, many conservatives claim fascism and Nazism are socialist and leftist. I don’t entirely agree, as I think they’re a weird mixture of leftism and (European variety) blood and soil right-wingery.

But you can’t have a theory where all leftism is Marxism and at the same time claim that fascism is also leftism, since fascism is inherently opposed to Marxism.

Fascism and Nazism grew out of reactionary Romanticism, which looked back to Medieval and ancient tribal societies, with their strict inherited "natural" hierarchies and order (as opposed to modern hierarchies based on wealth) as models. All of this had to be updated to work in a modern industrial nation-state, but it still could hardly be further from classical Marxist ideology. To say that Fascism is Marxist because neither have free markets or balance of power in a republican government is falling into the trap of saying "if you're not X, all ways of being not X are the same."

Thanks. I quite agree.

Get tired of the “liberty vs. tyranny” spectrum as if that’s the only way to compare governmental systems.

A similar thing is going on now. MArxism is tyrannical. ISIS is tyrannical. Therefore ISIS is Marxist.

A similar thing is going on now. MArxism is tyrannical. ISIS is tyrannical. Therefore ISIS is Marxist.

It is absurd. I somehow doubt that ISIS would much appreciate the "religion is the opium of the masses" part very much.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.