I think this report has changed my view of the leftist deep state: I used to think of it as a strategic coup - now I’m convinced it’s more of a mindset - a desease of flawed thinking, exactly like the way the left dominates MSM, Hollywood and Academia. The people echoing the leftist message aren’t clever strategists - they are zombies in an echo chamber.
They haven’t won by moving chess pieces, or Saul Alinsky tactics - they’ve won by self delusion - they really believe they are the good guys and conservatism is evil and selfish.
Listening to the coverage of the IG report it’s clear they feel completely justified in pushing their leftist cause by whatever means. They really think they are innocent by virtue of their resistance against the evil of Republican opposition.
For the good of humanity, Hillary Clinton should have won, they believe - a lot of them actually WEPT when she lost. That is profound folks. That is a cult of immense proportions.
This is a problem of public perception more than a problem of failing to prosecute criminal behavior by the Obama administration. Yes, abuse of power crimes WERE committed - but we are the only ones that can see it that way. No Democrat is ever going to see what they did as a crime, so any attempt at prosecution will be purely Republican vs Democrat - and therefore it won’t look objective like justice is supposed to look - it will look like political retribution. It won’t fly with the American people.
We have to publicly discredit the left in order to break their self deluded sense of “moral high ground”. It’s completely undeserved, but it’s a perception that they have managed to infuse into in the MSM, Hollywood, college campasses and apparently also the deep state of law enforcement agencies in our own government.
I think Trump is leading the way in this culture change. He’s good at setting up leftist celebrities to get them to make fools of themselves. Eventually, this will hurt their brand. They are not that bright.
For now, people generally think Democrats are the good guys. They want peace, we want war. They want to share, we are selfish pricks. They want to end poverty and suffering, we don’t care about anyone but ourselves.
It’s all a lie but they’ve managed to sell that lie to a lot of sheeple.
Wonderful post. Let me add to your thinking maybe.It is simple raw communism. Take from the productive and give to the non productive. The reason this is done is to keep them from rioting and killing the elites. in other words , the elites take from us and give to the parasites in order to keep their life style. I figured this out in 1983 and it has become solidified in my thinking. God bless you and your family. great POST.