“like the mugging that Obama thugs perpetrated on Hillary supporters. They woke up with a loathing for Communism.”
As it should be. As it is worldwide, from those who’ve lived under the oppression of a tyrannical state, and escaped to freedom and liberty. (see pursuingliberty.com)
My six years as a Berkeley resident was an education in itself. I felt as if I was living in a city-wide mental institution, where the smug and self-worshipping thrive, totally oblivious to the outside world which continues to give them the luxury of living their lives in such a deluded state.
The icing on the cake was their insufferable condescension toward anyone not toeing the far left party line du jour, and the frequent protests against anything having to do with capitalism or our military. Both of which are the very foundations of a free society that allows such insular enclaves of leftist thought to exist in the first place.
Of course, the irony of this was totally lost upon them.
Yes, Berkeley is the perfect example of the ideological fantasy world of the left. You could see as soon as you enter Berkeley the lack of upkeep on the houses due to the high taxes. People have tax themselves to the point that they can’t afford paint, storm windows and a new roof. That what I mean by “insanity”.
Leftists are so far down the Marxist rat hole, for over 150 years, that you can’t even communicate with them anymore. It’s noy worth the effort. It is their very assumptions that must be assailed: dialectical materialism, labor theory of value, lack of trust in individualism, their view of economic classes (which they see as static, not dynamic) and their belief the State should run everything.
By the way, Fourth Street was great. Peet’s Coffee is still my favorite. I just liked the name :)