Sunday, January 13, 2019

Who We Are as a Nothing

The left is fundamentally a power-seeking entity. It's not primarily or mostly a power-seeking enterprise. No, it is entirely dedicated to the task of achieving political power through whatever means necessary. Leftism, liberalism, progressivism, Marxism - whatever isms they adopt - are not political philosophies, unless the definition of political philosophy is "an excuse or rallying cry to take political power." Even the lower-level isms under the umbrella of the left, the ones seemingly dedicated to a specific goal for improving the world, are mere ploys for power.

One example is environmentalists, supposedly dedicated to the task of protecting our habitats from irreversible harm by human activities. And yet they never acknowledge the arguments put forth by climate skeptics, such as the flawed models that never make accurate predictions, the multiple scandals of political bias in the field, and the ignored costs of peaking infrastructure associated with the wide-scale adoption of volatile energy sources. If environmentalists really wanted to have the best information available to make the most efficient use of their resources towards their goals, they'd consider the inconvenient truths raised by skeptics. Counter to that, the modus operandi of leftists is "those bigots are destroying the world. Give us power and we will stop them." Thus, a leftist can't also say, "actually, those bigots bring up some very good points that we should consider." The bigots must be irredeemable. Environmentalists choose to disparage the opinions of anyone to the right of Al Gore because they are actually interested in political power, and the environment is just an excuse.

Similarly, feminists pretend to represent the interests of women, yet march against a president who promises to stop the importation of fake Muslim refugees from the third world, cry outrage when someone suggests men in dresses shouldn't be permitted in the girls' bathroom, and engage in the most vile, sexist diatribe against women of the right. The whole "how can you be against women?" routine is just a political dance.

The question is to what degree leftists are self aware. The rank-and-file are believers, undoubtedly. Their emotional agitation stems from fervent belief in the Victimhood Scriptures, and the cognitive dissonance in navigating the endless internal contradictions of the belief system. It is generally assumed that the elites are more cognizant of liberalism as a political weapon. We often wonder if they are themselves caught up in the fervor, or if they congratulate each other at private cocktail parties for their shameless employment of Saul Alinsky's tactics. I suspect it's both, and part of playing the game is keeping mental track of who is a true believer, and who is a player.

Nancy Pelosi, now our Speaker of the House, recently preached on morality (as High Priestesses are ought to do).
The fact is, a wall is an immorality! It's not who we are as a nation.
The major premise of Alinsky is to use your enemy's principles against him, and, conversely, to be so unprincipled yourself that you are immune to the tactic. Here Pelosi is, either consciously or as result of her dementia, appealing to a sense of nationalism in order to destroy the nation. The concept of a nation is, of course, racist, xenophobic, and bigoted. For the liberal to appeal to the nation is akin to the mathematician dividing by zero. Furthermore, these are the same people who berate us for being, in fact, an oppressive nation filled to the brim with systemic racism. But these contradictions are perfectly routine for the well-adjusted leftist. Everything is fair game when fighting bigots.

As it turns out, though, I actually agree with the bumbling Speaker. It's not who we are as a nation. Because we are not a nation, and the southern border is not a national boundary. It is an imaginary line which our rulers have decreed gives all who cross the right to live in our neighborhoods, vote in our elections, and inherit our public treasury. Whenever the Empire of Columbia collapses, tribal territorialism will emerge. It should be abundantly clear that Nebraska will not share political territory with New Mexico. Unless we intend to Reconquista all the way to the Rio Grande, the southern wall will never be our national border. But, it will help keep us from getting swamped in the meantime.

Pelosi doesn't actually believe walls are an immorality, or she'd tear down the wall on her own multi-million dollar property. She's just engaging in the typical leftist doublespeak. We've always been at war with whatever Trump just said.

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