Leftist Ideology Deconstructed in 1,000 Words

Facebook ^ | 08/22/2014 | walford

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk

[jonascord]

I would add, as part of this sickness, the following:

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias manifesting in unskilled individuals suffering from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.

David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University conclude, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others".

[walford]

Interesting; it’s similar to sociopathy in which someone thinks a different set of rules apply to them than to everyone else — and that they feel entitled to do unto others what they would not tolerate having done to them.

Their internal myopia makes it impossible for them to consider a world outside of themselves — and thinking outside of their own twisted minds.

This explains why Leftist feminists will use the harshest of sexist epithets to describe female conservatives and black Leftists will use the harshest of racial epithets toward black conservatives.

[Fai Mao]

“It’s been a looonngg time since I studied Plato, but as I recall he believed in realities so objective we couldn’t even comprehend them directly.”

Actually Post Modernism is a form of Sophistry that both Plato and Aristotle were trying to combat.

When “the narrative” becomes the only reality then you have lost any form of objective truth either through revelation (Plato) or by observation (Aristotle)

The left is about words, feelings and intentions that are not associated with action or results. I say the words “I am for helping the poor”. My words make me feel better about myself. The words are true because my intentions are good so I cannot be judged by the results of the actions set in motion by my words.

The fact that my words lead to acts which make the poor worse off in almost every demonstrable way is irrelevant because I had good intentions.

The left is simply the form Sophistry takes in the current age. It is based upon argument, statement and ideology that are not tied to actuality. That is why the Left MUST control the vocabulary and are consistently against Free Speech.

The horror is that when good intention become the guidepost to action not some form of ethical absolute then Leftist quickly devolve into rather thorough going Sadist because Sadism can be boiled down the statement “I is right to do because I can do it.”

At least that is my opinion

[wac3rd]

Liberals deny human nature and project a fake utopia that can only be implemented by force, not economics or belief in the human being.

Their fantasies of equality only work when there is a police state that moves God to the State and all power to all-knowing party members/politicians and bureaucrats.

In the end, the human desire to work hard for their families erodes as the state take what it wants and redistributes it to preferred people.

It is absolute and utter tyranny, and the way to seal off freedom for the enslaved. Barbed wire, monitored internet, radio, TV and bread lines will eventually result.

Everyone here in FR will have to decide whether to live on crumbs and survive, barely, or fight for freedom. It’s coming, like the sound of a tidal wave in the distance, getting louder by the second.

[Lake Living]

This is a good post. Explains things easily. I hope it is viewed, read and digested by many. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 NKJV). So, yes, leftism is older than all other “isms”. The left is just following “their” hero, their master, Satan. Christ, by contrast, offers life - and life more abundantly. Choose wisely for I believe the end of all things is near.

[walford]

“I say the words “I am for helping the poor”. My words make me feel better about myself. The words are true because my intentions are good so I cannot be judged by the results of the actions set in motion by my words.”

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That is an excellent point and illustrates how when their ideas inevitably fail when put into practice, they call for more of the poison that got us there in the first place. They believe that taking from the rich and giving to the poor should work even though, as Margaret Thatcher pointed out, all it does is make the poor poorer in the process of making the rich less rich.

And, as I explained in the OP, they maintain that the reason that their policies didn’t work is because “reactionaries” were undermining them with negative rhetoric [and hence, negative thoughts]. This is why Leftist politicians continue campaigning even after in office; they are trying to win people over into believing in their vision of Utopia so it will work.

Bottom line, there is no reasoning with a Leftist, so don’t blame yourself if you don’t get through to them. Their entire mode of thinking is askew from reality.

[ctdonath2]

and/or: I’m right, do what I say or I’ll have you killed.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[Springfield Reformer]

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.

As a Calvinist, I have some familiarity with Calvinist thought, including not only soteriological but social and political dimensions as well. What you are describing here is unrecognizable to me. What I know of the subject suggests rather the opposite, that Calvinist ideas played a significant role in using constitutional and representative government as a tool to neutralize to some degree the corrupting effects of original sin, essentially by putting cages around anyone who would seek power over others. Can you cite to sources on your remarkable assertions?

[walford]

I was basing my view on Calvinism on research I had done concerning Timothy Dwight. I am trying to find online sources and in the process am finding that his views were not shared by all Calvinists, nor were they dominant.

I appreciate your input and will do further research to find the source — it may be the source of the Machiavellian Divine Right of Kings, rather than Calvinism.

https://www2.stetson.edu/secure/history/hy10302/calvinandlocke.html

[walford]

Skimming through that source, it seems that Calvinism has evolved since the 16th century. It certainly did support obeying the existing aristocratic order as Divine Will, but certainly was different than what was practiced by 19th century Calvinists such as the aforementioned industrialists.

There is some debate as to the relationship of Calvinism and democracy that developed during the Enlightenment and subsequent American Revolution.

[jonascord]

I’ve developed a solution, but it will require a certain moral strength to implement, and the ability to accept that only succeeding generations will realize the benefits...

[walford]

By all means post it.

One thing I realized while my position developed from being atheist to being certain that there is a Divine Presence is that religion has been and still is essential to our survival. No atheistic tribe has survived; all archaeological discoveries of early man include some kind of religion.

The religions that enhanced survival taught that there is Order and Justice in the universe, that there is an Ultimate Authority that makes rules that we must discover and obey rather than make up — and that we are invested in each other in the here and now and in the world we leave behind.

Wanting of those fundamental principles, we leave no legacy at all, much less one that is worth preserving. The Secular Humanism that continues to spread through Western civilization brings with it the Culture of Death indeed.

[Shery]

All the more interesting, really, that the lefties are the ones who have benefited the most from the American Dream, and want to take it away from everyone but themselves, of course. In THEIR minds, they use wealth for good and we are too stingy!

[walford]

I have rewritten the earlier post and changed the references to Calvinism to a more accurate assessment of the Leftist elite being descendent from the Divine Right of Kings:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3199679/posts

[MrB]

progressive ideology began with the words

“you will be as gods, knowing good and evil”

[walford]

It is not just a matter of spreading wealth and alleviating poverty; Leftists who are informed and honest with themselves know that their policies tank the economy and hurt the poor and ever-shrinking middle class the most.

We have two and only two choices in establishing societal norms with respect to freedom and private property. Either the “disparities” that are inevitable under economic freedom or a shared poverty that is inevitable under collectivism.

The Left thinks that the latter is more just and noble. Their vision of Utopia is a cruel, arrogant elite lording over a mass deliberately kept poor, ignorant and disenfranchised.

Obama and his minions have been bringing this to the American people with great success. Don’t ever think these people are stupid; they know exactly what they are doing: evil.

[jonascord]

"By all means post it."

It is presently illegal to speak the Truth.
The Enemy can and has banned the utterance of "God bless you." as a casual response to a sneeze. Pointing a finger at someone can be perceived as a felony assault. Any criticism of the corrupt gang in DC is "racist". Our country has been invaded, and the Left sees it as an election advantage.

We are approaching a time when the Culture of Death will hold sway over all...

[DBeers]

To make a point by making a point I will make a point: There is a difference between Classical Liberalism and American Liberalism. I would suggest that American Exceptionalism which is founded upon God-given Unalienable Individual Rights necessarily requires one to adopt an American frame of reference for the Political Spectrum. The European Political Spectrum in my opinion is flawed in that it makes distinctions without difference when one considers the American experiment. The Left use this confusion to lie about what the American Right is about by using terms like Fascist to describe Conservatives when it is the Left that are more like Fascists.

Here are some references to what I feebly attempted to express:

Today’s Political Spectrum VS The Founders’ Political Spectrum

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Today’s political philosophy writers have taken it upon themselves to create this “spectrum” that encompasses all the parties within the United States. No one is left out, and everyone has a particular place among the spectrum that they fall.

If asked where you fall, could you say without hesitation?

I know for a fact, I would be completely hesitant to say I fall here or I fall there. The reason being is because today’s political spectrum relies too much on the “party” and not enough on the “power” which government is given.

The founders political spectrum

-excerpt

The Founders’ Political Spectrum was neither left nor right. There was no Communism on one side and no Fascism on the other; there were neither Democrats nor Republicans. The Founders thought in terms of the words, Tyranny and Anarchy. On the far left was tyrannical rule by a monarch or dictator, while on the right was ‘no rule’ and ‘no law’ or total anarchy. The Colonies had been to the far left under the British Crown. The Articles of Confederation were sitting just inside the right border, to the left of anarchy. The Articles required agreement of nine states before federal action could take place so that Federal actions were generally minimal and agreement very time consuming.