The Politics of Disorder

American Thinker ^ | 19 Jan, 2026 | Jim Cardoza

[MtnClimber]

For much of modern political history, the most dangerous words in public policy have not been shouted slogans but soothing reassurances. They are the claims that certain policies are “compassionate,” “progressive,” or “humane,” offered without any serious accounting of how they actually affect the people forced to live under them. This pattern is particularly evident in the agenda of today’s Democratic Party, whose policy choices increasingly produce chaos and danger while being marketed as moral advances.

The central flaw is not malice so much as indifference to consequences. The pursuit of ideological purity has replaced the traditional liberal concern for social order, public safety, and the rule of law. The predictable result has been a deterioration of civil society -- one that falls most heavily on those with the least ability to protect themselves.

Consider first the party’s enthusiastic support for “criminal justice reform” in the form of progressive prosecutors and judges who are openly hostile to enforcement. Across major cities, voters have been urged to elect district attorneys who treat incarceration as a moral failure rather than a necessary tool of public safety. These officials routinely decline to prosecute entire categories of crimes, downgrade felonies to misdemeanors, or release repeat offenders back into the communities they have already victimized.

The human cost of this experiment is rarely discussed by its advocates. It is not the affluent professionals living behind security systems and gated communities who bear the brunt of rising crime. It is working-class neighborhoods, disproportionately minority, where small businesses are looted, elderly residents are assaulted, and parents fear letting their children walk to school. When law enforcement retreats, predatory behavior does not politely stand down. It fills the vacuum.

Closely related is the push for cashless bail. The theory is appealing: no one should be jailed simply for

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2020alloveragain; bail; cashlessbail; criminaljustice; defundthepolicepart2; leftism; leftistinsurrection; reform; sameolddemocratgames; walzingmaduro

[MtnClimber]

I don’t think these things are done because of indifference. I think that some people actually want to see the world burn.

[anton]

They do. But there are a hell of a lot more pearl clutching liberals who just want the noise to stop so they can talk to mom on the way to drop the kids off at day care.Then they go home and bitch at their husbands for giving a crap about things that don’t matter to them or mom like fraud, taxes, national security, rule of law. Insignificant right wing shit.

[Libloather]

Name of the game -

[marktwain]

“Good intentions do not guarantee good outcomes. Policies must be judged by what they do, not by how virtuous they sound. A political movement that consistently produces more crime, more fear, and more fragmentation while claiming moral superiority deserves skepticism, not deference.”

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This is the crux of the matter. The Left claims “good intentions”. However, the “good intentions” are often for some utopian future which is far distant. Murdering millions to get there is considered an acceptable price.

Then, you never get there.

[ComputerGuy]

The central flaw is not malice so much as indifference to consequences

The leaders know exactly what they are doing. There's not so much as an ounce of indifference among them. They are both focused and tenacious.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[brownsfan]

“The central flaw is not malice so much as indifference to consequences. “

I disagree. Those at the top, the real shot callers on the left, know that total collapse of the United States is the only path to one world government.

[Sicon]

A political movement that consistently produces more crime, more fear, and more fragmentation while claiming moral superiority deserves skepticism, not deference.

It deserves contempt and defeat.