I think a very partial answer to the question Ms. Daley poses is that leftism has never been based on idealism. It has always been based, for the most part, on hate and envy. So when Communism was conclusively proved to be a failure, leftists (including not only leftists in politics, but more important, leftists in the media and in academia) didn’t change their minds or admit their mistake. For in their eyes, while there may have been disappointment, there was no mistake. Their resentments and hatreds remained. They merely sought other vehicles, other terminologies, other tactics to bring down the West and the free enterprise system and democratic institutions that define it. Yesterday’s socialists are today’s progressives. They barely missed a beat.
Monday, February 06, 2012
Why has the collapse of Communism had so little impact on political discourse in the West?
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Spot on. The most crystallizing 'a-ha' moment I personally ever had regarding this phenomenon was reading a chapter in a book written by the great global warming denier Chris Horner. The chapter was titled 'Green is the New Red.' That's when I started to really get where all the pseudo-scientific nonsense was really coming from.
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Nice post Ms. Daley poses is that leftism has never been based on idealism. It has always been based, for the most part, on hate and envy. So when Communism was conclusively proved to be a failure, leftists didn’t change their minds or admit their mistake. Thanks a lot for posting this article.
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