[This explains the seemingly contradictory embrace the Hard Left has for Islamic fundamentalists; they may execute homosexuals, mutilate female genitalia, stone rape victims to death, forcibly marry off little girls to old perverts, etc., but their mutual hatred for Western civilization makes them temporary allies. Leftists naively think once Christianity, capitalism, democracy is brought down, the Caliphate can be brought under heel by getting the Muhammedans addicted to social programs.]
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.”
"Post-Modernism" is a rejection of objective truth in favor of Subjectivism [“our own mental activity is the only unquestionable fact of our experience”]. That, in combination with moral relativism ["what's right for you might be wrong for me"], makes it so all there is left is truth and morality dependent upon political connection and/or membership in a politically favored demographic.
[It's not so important what is done, but who is doing it and to whom. Hence, a racially motivated attack is defined as a 'hate crime' depending upon the skin-color of the perpetrator and victim.]
"Phallogocentrism" [aka 'man-splaining'] is essentially a rejection of logic, reason and evidence in favor of the aforementioned subjectivism and moral relativism. Hence, when a Leftist is confronted with reasonable arguments citing evidence and using logic explaining why what they advocate will not work, they become batshit hysterical.
As subjectivists, they hold that if people believe hard enough that Leftists' unworkable ideas will work, then they will. Hence when their policies inevitably fail when put into practice, they always blame others -- essentially for ruining Utopia with their 'negative' [viz. rational] thinking.
Hence much of their efforts are spent attacking knowledge, experience, education -- and objective truth. Hence, Leftist media/entertainment is propaganda, Leftist academia is indoctrination and Leftist politics is demagoguery.
Of course, when an ideology does harm, it cannot survive in a democratic environment. If their policies and leaders are rejected in an election, then the legit voting public becomes the enemy. Then the propaganda machine turns up the froth, hoping that some of their followers will be inflamed into perpetrating violence against opposing speakers and their audiences. #AntiFa #BlackLivesMatter
The Left, therefore thrives upon oppression, poverty and ignorance -- believing that an elite should be in charge, because a feared and despised general public cannot be trusted to choose their own leaders, vote with their own dollars or be provided with complete, unmanaged information.
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I bookmarked the site so I can read the other parts. A well-done critical analysis of critical theory. I agree with your views of our current situation, but I do distinguish between the left and Islam (hat tip Travis). They are both useful idiots to each other.
It’s an error to propose that Nietzsche inspired the Frankfurt School or Postmodernism. Nietzsche was not a collectivist, and he was deeply suspicious of the state. The Frankfurt School was begun by a group of marxists who understood how badly the Soviet Union and Stalinism had failed. They sought to establish an alternative path to revolution through cultural institutions rather than by the gun.
Nietzsche would have loathed them, and they loathed Nietzsche.
Notice they are particularly enraged by one guy who had the gall to say, “I AM the Truth.”