What Motivates the Left, Envy or Greed?

Townhall.com ^ | February 5, 2014 | Daniel J. Mitchell

[KGeorge]

Yep. Revenge is one, too. Imho, liberals (or progressives or whatever they’re calling themselves at the moment) seem to have an affinity for spiraling self destruction. I guess that’s their right. The trouble is that they insist on dragging everyone else down with them & calling it helpful.

[windsorknot]

The left panders to covetousness and envy.

[KGeorge]

It does for me too. I’ve often asked myself if some of these people are evil (possessed) or just crazy.

[xp38]

I always like this quote from Lenin regarding what you said.

“We must hate - hatred is the basis of communism. Children must be taught to hate their parents if they are not communists.”

Vladimir Ilich Lenin

Source: 1923 Speech to the Commissars of Education

[mistfree]

I’m fascinated by this discussion. I have to wonder what the Left would be posting about the right/conservatives if they were addressing the same question.
Any Trolls out there want to respond?

[Ann Archy]

EVIL....THAT”S what motivates the LEFT... the LOVE of EVIL!!!

[Seaplaner]

Having worked with "progressives" for decades, I observe that many have both a desperate desire for power and authority; and also contempt and loathing for the private citizen. (These go together as a matched set.)

I can add that a large proportion of "progressives" possess a feeling of entitlement that knows little bound; and, almost none of them have a smidgeon (to use an Obamanian term) of an idea about from whence money comes.

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[Texas Songwriter]

Democrats propagate in their followers envy and greed. They abhor industriousness and deferment of gratification by requiring of themselves terminal training. The political preference for the democrat is to look over the production of people who put their money at risk, become entrepreneurs, and produce. The democrat surveys the landscape…."Now what would I like to steal from those producers?"…..and they set about to change mores, laws, and cultural norms to make it politically correct to steal from those who earned and own it. Meanwhile the democrats try to denigrate the conservative for adhering to traditional values, monogamy, non drug use, denigrating the family, God, and American idealism which is bedrock for conservative. AS the democrat takes it marching order and construct from the deep desire to be like Frenchmen, Europeans…because their way is always better than the Amercian way,….. they define ownership in ingenious ways to redefine the Constitutional definition of private property. Once that hook is set they move in to steal what they have redefined as reality. Meanwhile the conservative is standing there wondering …"What happened?"

Conservatives need to go on the offense and become militant in their pronouncements. This is what Andrew Breitbart prescribed before he was killed, or died, or whatever happened.

It is as much a clash of cultures between the democrat and conservative as between the west and the muslims. We had better wake up. It is already late in the game.

[driftless2]

I'd say a great deal of it is envy of people who have a dollar more than they do. Of course, there are many libs who support the "cause" i.e. homo "rights," wymyn's rights, affirmative discrimination, etc. Then there are the libs/Dems who are simply parasites, and vote for Dems because they don't want to work for a living.

But a great many Dem voters I've known simply hate the rich. They even hate superrich libs like Bill Gates. He's a multi-billionaire, and they're not. Simple as that.

[Reeses]

deep desire to be like Frenchmen, Europeans

The politics of envy take control the world over at a population density above 800 people per square mile. Most Democrats live in large unhappy cities where the population density is similar to Europe. They don't own the buildings, token parks, and trains that surround them, they are communal, hence the communism.

[Arlis]

Almost all the left are motivated by 1. self-righteousness (see Luke 18:9ff) and, 2. guilt.

1. because they truly think they are better than non-liberals, their motives are better, they do things to help the poor and needy, etc.

2. Guilt because inside, they know it’s all a lie and they really just want to appear “righteous” to others. E.g., liberals almost never personally give to the poor, and they know conservatives out-give them 10,000 to 1........ i.e. they know they are guilty.

[Islander7]

What Motivates the Left, Envy or Greed?

Neither. Lust motivates the left the lust for power.

[Mamzelle]

Hatred. Spite. Resentment. Greed is too easy.

[Red Badger]

I have known many liberals in my life, some are relatives, most are not. The common thread amongst them all is a smug, condescension and a haughty attitude towards anyone or anything that doesn’t fit their world view. It’s practically medieval..........