[mbennett203]

"Was left-wing politics anything more than a gloss for envious vengeance on the one hand, and—on the other—a sinister desire to control the lives of others?"

For some it's just naive youthful optimism. But I do get this sense from others. Like Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, and gun-banners in general.

OT, but the further left someone gets the funnier I find it if they advocate gun control.

"How in the hell do you plan to bring about a revolution involving the overthrow of the government, removal (murder) of the "upper classes" (varying definitions), and making sure no one's being "insincere" (read: not properly following the dogma) without guns, comrade? With gentle persuasion?"

[sageb1]

"How in the hell do you plan to bring about a revolution involving the overthrow of the government, removal (murder) of the "upper classes" (varying definitions), and making sure no one's being "insincere" (read: not properly following the dogma) without guns, comrade? With gentle persuasion?"


Through the educational system.