Why All Leftism Is Now Far Left

m.knox

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Because it's become a cult. That's why.

WE WANT HAMAS.
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW.

For anyone willing to peak under the rug, the problem is the lefts love of the idea of intersectionality.

https://spectator.org/why-all-leftism-is-now-far-left/

A 20th-century leftist might have debated how much the state should intervene in citizens’ lives. A postmodern leftist only debates how far the transformation of society and the minds of each individual citizen should go. It’s as if they have gone from being bad economists to being bad psychoanalysts.

Gender politics, rewriting history, multiculturalism and open borders, or abolishing the police were issues that used to be addressed by a small group of leftists we called the “far left.” In both the United States and Europe, these issues are now the central agenda of left-wing parties, starting with the Democratic Party, perfectly caricatured today in what AOC represents.

The 20th-century left, the left of class politics, was profoundly wrong about everything, but the contemporary left, the left of identity politics, is simply insane. The revolution that socialists entrusted to the proletariat of the last century, they now intend to carry out with an army made up of trans people, immigrants, people of fluid and intermittent sexuality, and ordinary Americans who are suddenly fascinated with Islam. Sometimes, when I watch the woke army struggling to form a uniform line, I don’t know if I’m looking at real soldiers or just at a circus.

A curious observation: leftists never try to convince informed and free people; they always go after those they consider dependent and malleable. Just as yesterday they went after the workers, and especially the blue-collar workers and those who, a priori, are less intellectually qualified, now they’re going after the freaks, those who don’t know their own identity, and those who urgently need to see a psychologist.

In comparison, the blue-collar workers at least had the dignity of labor and an ethical foundation vastly superior to that of this brainwashed mass of followers of postmodern progressivism. Perhaps it’s time to pass a law (Good Lord! Am I asking the government to solve something? What have I become?) that prevents political parties from seducing those with obvious mental problems with Gnostic rhetoric. If you think about it, by gathering the mentally ill, the left has become one of those infamous cults from the 90s where one idiot managed to get a thousand fools to give him money, offer him sexual favors, and later commit suicide without killing him.

The left is now extreme because it refuses any dialogue. They brandish a Catechism, and anyone who doesn’t endorse it 100 percent is the enemy, a fascist, or simply has lost their humanity and can be cast into oblivion, ruin, or even prison. It’s true that it was easier to argue about John Maynard Keynes than about Judith Butler, because at least there were some intelligent arguments to confront, but it’s also true that, when there’s no intellectual foundation, political debate consists of nothing more than spitting at each other, which terrifies conservatives — and I don’t blame them.
 

alaskanseminole

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Because it's become a cult. That's why.

WE WANT HAMAS.
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW.

For anyone willing to peak under the rug, the problem is the lefts love of the idea of intersectionality.

https://spectator.org/why-all-leftism-is-now-far-left/

A 20th-century leftist might have debated how much the state should intervene in citizens’ lives. A postmodern leftist only debates how far the transformation of society and the minds of each individual citizen should go. It’s as if they have gone from being bad economists to being bad psychoanalysts.

Gender politics, rewriting history, multiculturalism and open borders, or abolishing the police were issues that used to be addressed by a small group of leftists we called the “far left.” In both the United States and Europe, these issues are now the central agenda of left-wing parties, starting with the Democratic Party, perfectly caricatured today in what AOC represents.

The 20th-century left, the left of class politics, was profoundly wrong about everything, but the contemporary left, the left of identity politics, is simply insane. The revolution that socialists entrusted to the proletariat of the last century, they now intend to carry out with an army made up of trans people, immigrants, people of fluid and intermittent sexuality, and ordinary Americans who are suddenly fascinated with Islam. Sometimes, when I watch the woke army struggling to form a uniform line, I don’t know if I’m looking at real soldiers or just at a circus.

A curious observation: leftists never try to convince informed and free people; they always go after those they consider dependent and malleable. Just as yesterday they went after the workers, and especially the blue-collar workers and those who, a priori, are less intellectually qualified, now they’re going after the freaks, those who don’t know their own identity, and those who urgently need to see a psychologist.

In comparison, the blue-collar workers at least had the dignity of labor and an ethical foundation vastly superior to that of this brainwashed mass of followers of postmodern progressivism. Perhaps it’s time to pass a law (Good Lord! Am I asking the government to solve something? What have I become?) that prevents political parties from seducing those with obvious mental problems with Gnostic rhetoric. If you think about it, by gathering the mentally ill, the left has become one of those infamous cults from the 90s where one idiot managed to get a thousand fools to give him money, offer him sexual favors, and later commit suicide without killing him.

The left is now extreme because it refuses any dialogue. They brandish a Catechism, and anyone who doesn’t endorse it 100 percent is the enemy, a fascist, or simply has lost their humanity and can be cast into oblivion, ruin, or even prison. It’s true that it was easier to argue about John Maynard Keynes than about Judith Butler, because at least there were some intelligent arguments to confront, but it’s also true that, when there’s no intellectual foundation, political debate consists of nothing more than spitting at each other, which terrifies conservatives — and I don’t blame them.
Funny thing is, you just described a pretty dadgum good case for why MAGA has become cult-like too. Refusing to tolerate dissent, treating anyone who questions the "Dear Leader" as an enemy, creating a "us vs. them" worldview, and constantly dismissing unfavorable information as propaganda or "fake news."

You don't get to define "cult" by the behaviors you see on the other side while pretending those same behaviors don't exist on your own, knox. This crap is why I'm not a member of either party.
 

m.knox

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Funny thing is, you just described a pretty dadgum good case for why MAGA has become cult-like too. Refusing to tolerate dissent, treating anyone who questions the "Dear Leader" as an enemy, creating a "us vs. them" worldview, and constantly dismissing unfavorable information as propaganda or "fake news."

You don't get to define "cult" by the behaviors you see on the other side while pretending those same behaviors don't exist on your own, knox. This crap is why I'm not a member of either party.

Refusing to tolerate dissent? I mean, are you suggest many simply accept the fact that unhinged clowns have tried to assassinate the POTUS?

Do you worship at the Church of Trump Hate too?
 

alaskanseminole

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Refusing to tolerate dissent? I mean, are you suggest many simply accept the fact that unhinged clowns have tried to assassinate the POTUS?

Do you worship at the Church of Trump Hate too?
Of course I condemn anyone trying to assassinate the President. That's not even remotely what I was talking about. You can condemn political violence while still questioning the President, his behavior AND the people who treat him like he's incapable of being wrong.

And no I don't worship at the "Church of Trump Hate" either. I just don't think "I hate Trump" and "I worship Trump" are the only two possible positions. That's literally the point I was making.

Parks And Recreation GIF
 

m.knox

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Of course I condemn anyone trying to assassinate the President. That's not even remotely what I was talking about. You can condemn political violence while still questioning the President, his behavior AND the people who treat him like he's incapable of being wrong.

And no I don't worship at the "Church of Trump Hate" either. I just don't think "I hate Trump" and "I worship Trump" are the only two possible positions. That's literally the point I was making.

Parks And Recreation GIF

I don't worship Trump. I'm more interested in the cult's hatred of democracy. Literally.
 

Tom Paris

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Because it's become a cult. That's why.

WE WANT HAMAS.
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW.

For anyone willing to peak under the rug, the problem is the lefts love of the idea of intersectionality.

https://spectator.org/why-all-leftism-is-now-far-left/

A 20th-century leftist might have debated how much the state should intervene in citizens’ lives. A postmodern leftist only debates how far the transformation of society and the minds of each individual citizen should go. It’s as if they have gone from being bad economists to being bad psychoanalysts.

Gender politics, rewriting history, multiculturalism and open borders, or abolishing the police were issues that used to be addressed by a small group of leftists we called the “far left.” In both the United States and Europe, these issues are now the central agenda of left-wing parties, starting with the Democratic Party, perfectly caricatured today in what AOC represents.

The 20th-century left, the left of class politics, was profoundly wrong about everything, but the contemporary left, the left of identity politics, is simply insane. The revolution that socialists entrusted to the proletariat of the last century, they now intend to carry out with an army made up of trans people, immigrants, people of fluid and intermittent sexuality, and ordinary Americans who are suddenly fascinated with Islam. Sometimes, when I watch the woke army struggling to form a uniform line, I don’t know if I’m looking at real soldiers or just at a circus.

A curious observation: leftists never try to convince informed and free people; they always go after those they consider dependent and malleable. Just as yesterday they went after the workers, and especially the blue-collar workers and those who, a priori, are less intellectually qualified, now they’re going after the freaks, those who don’t know their own identity, and those who urgently need to see a psychologist.

In comparison, the blue-collar workers at least had the dignity of labor and an ethical foundation vastly superior to that of this brainwashed mass of followers of postmodern progressivism. Perhaps it’s time to pass a law (Good Lord! Am I asking the government to solve something? What have I become?) that prevents political parties from seducing those with obvious mental problems with Gnostic rhetoric. If you think about it, by gathering the mentally ill, the left has become one of those infamous cults from the 90s where one idiot managed to get a thousand fools to give him money, offer him sexual favors, and later commit suicide without killing him.

The left is now extreme because it refuses any dialogue. They brandish a Catechism, and anyone who doesn’t endorse it 100 percent is the enemy, a fascist, or simply has lost their humanity and can be cast into oblivion, ruin, or even prison. It’s true that it was easier to argue about John Maynard Keynes than about Judith Butler, because at least there were some intelligent arguments to confront, but it’s also true that, when there’s no intellectual foundation, political debate consists of nothing more than spitting at each other, which terrifies conservatives — and I don’t blame them.
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Because it's become a cult. That's why.

WE WANT HAMAS.
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW.

For anyone willing to peak under the rug, the problem is the lefts love of the idea of intersectionality.

https://spectator.org/why-all-leftism-is-now-far-left/

A 20th-century leftist might have debated how much the state should intervene in citizens’ lives. A postmodern leftist only debates how far the transformation of society and the minds of each individual citizen should go. It’s as if they have gone from being bad economists to being bad psychoanalysts.

Gender politics, rewriting history, multiculturalism and open borders, or abolishing the police were issues that used to be addressed by a small group of leftists we called the “far left.” In both the United States and Europe, these issues are now the central agenda of left-wing parties, starting with the Democratic Party, perfectly caricatured today in what AOC represents.

The 20th-century left, the left of class politics, was profoundly wrong about everything, but the contemporary left, the left of identity politics, is simply insane. The revolution that socialists entrusted to the proletariat of the last century, they now intend to carry out with an army made up of trans people, immigrants, people of fluid and intermittent sexuality, and ordinary Americans who are suddenly fascinated with Islam. Sometimes, when I watch the woke army struggling to form a uniform line, I don’t know if I’m looking at real soldiers or just at a circus.

A curious observation: leftists never try to convince informed and free people; they always go after those they consider dependent and malleable. Just as yesterday they went after the workers, and especially the blue-collar workers and those who, a priori, are less intellectually qualified, now they’re going after the freaks, those who don’t know their own identity, and those who urgently need to see a psychologist.

In comparison, the blue-collar workers at least had the dignity of labor and an ethical foundation vastly superior to that of this brainwashed mass of followers of postmodern progressivism. Perhaps it’s time to pass a law (Good Lord! Am I asking the government to solve something? What have I become?) that prevents political parties from seducing those with obvious mental problems with Gnostic rhetoric. If you think about it, by gathering the mentally ill, the left has become one of those infamous cults from the 90s where one idiot managed to get a thousand fools to give him money, offer him sexual favors, and later commit suicide without killing him.

The left is now extreme because it refuses any dialogue. They brandish a Catechism, and anyone who doesn’t endorse it 100 percent is the enemy, a fascist, or simply has lost their humanity and can be cast into oblivion, ruin, or even prison. It’s true that it was easier to argue about John Maynard Keynes than about Judith Butler, because at least there were some intelligent arguments to confront, but it’s also true that, when there’s no intellectual foundation, political debate consists of nothing more than spitting at each other, which terrifies conservatives — and I don’t blame them.
No.

Dumbshit extremists on both sides have had an impressive run in the era of social media. Fueled by the general public sentiment of 'change' regarding politics.
 

Yellowsnow51

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Because it's become a cult. That's why.

WE WANT HAMAS.
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW.

For anyone willing to peak under the rug, the problem is the lefts love of the idea of intersectionality.

https://spectator.org/why-all-leftism-is-now-far-left/

A 20th-century leftist might have debated how much the state should intervene in citizens’ lives. A postmodern leftist only debates how far the transformation of society and the minds of each individual citizen should go. It’s as if they have gone from being bad economists to being bad psychoanalysts.

Gender politics, rewriting history, multiculturalism and open borders, or abolishing the police were issues that used to be addressed by a small group of leftists we called the “far left.” In both the United States and Europe, these issues are now the central agenda of left-wing parties, starting with the Democratic Party, perfectly caricatured today in what AOC represents.

The 20th-century left, the left of class politics, was profoundly wrong about everything, but the contemporary left, the left of identity politics, is simply insane. The revolution that socialists entrusted to the proletariat of the last century, they now intend to carry out with an army made up of trans people, immigrants, people of fluid and intermittent sexuality, and ordinary Americans who are suddenly fascinated with Islam. Sometimes, when I watch the woke army struggling to form a uniform line, I don’t know if I’m looking at real soldiers or just at a circus.

A curious observation: leftists never try to convince informed and free people; they always go after those they consider dependent and malleable. Just as yesterday they went after the workers, and especially the blue-collar workers and those who, a priori, are less intellectually qualified, now they’re going after the freaks, those who don’t know their own identity, and those who urgently need to see a psychologist.

In comparison, the blue-collar workers at least had the dignity of labor and an ethical foundation vastly superior to that of this brainwashed mass of followers of postmodern progressivism. Perhaps it’s time to pass a law (Good Lord! Am I asking the government to solve something? What have I become?) that prevents political parties from seducing those with obvious mental problems with Gnostic rhetoric. If you think about it, by gathering the mentally ill, the left has become one of those infamous cults from the 90s where one idiot managed to get a thousand fools to give him money, offer him sexual favors, and later commit suicide without killing him.

The left is now extreme because it refuses any dialogue. They brandish a Catechism, and anyone who doesn’t endorse it 100 percent is the enemy, a fascist, or simply has lost their humanity and can be cast into oblivion, ruin, or even prison. It’s true that it was easier to argue about John Maynard Keynes than about Judith Butler, because at least there were some intelligent arguments to confront, but it’s also true that, when there’s no intellectual foundation, political debate consists of nothing more than spitting at each other, which terrifies conservatives — and I don’t blame them.
You're going to upset @PW Herman by attacking his core beliefs. Please stop.
 

Yellowsnow51

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Look. Just stop supporting the abolishing of prisons and borders and 3/4 of our government structure and I won’t have to call you out like that.
 

m.knox

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‘All are welcome’: DNC Chairman Ken Martin sees room for leftists in ‘big tent’ party​


https://www.washingtontimes.com/new...ttee-chair-ken-martin-sees-room-leftists-big/

“We have conservative Democrats with centrists. We’ve got progressives like me. We’ve got leftists. All are welcome in this party — all voices. But don’t tell me there’s only one way to be a Democrat. Don’t tell me there’s only one stripe to wear,” Mr. Martin told a gathering of LGBTQ activists during the DNC summer meeting at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

AND,

Jeffries: ‘I don’t support’ DSA agenda​


https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6032219-jeffries-rejects-dsa-agenda/

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he does not back the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), even as democratic socialists and left-leaning candidates racked up primary wins in the last few months.

“I don’t support the DSA agenda, as has been articulated by the DSA itself. Now, you’re going to have individual members who have been elected in Democratic primaries and, if they are elected in the general in November, will be part of the House Democratic Caucus. It’s going to be a broad caucus. There will be progressives. There will be New Dems. There will be Blue Dogs,” Jeffries told host Kristen Welker during the congressman’s appearance on “Meet the Press” Sunday, noting other factions of the Democratic Party.

“What I’m excited about are the candidates who are running to flip seats in November, to deliver us a majority that pushes back against Donald Trump’s extremism and moves the country in the right direction,” he continued.

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Yup, it's a cult.
 

m.knox

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Socialist NY lawmaker Emily Gallagher says shoplifting for ‘biological need’ is OK​


The cult is what the cult does..................

https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-ne...-shoplifters-have-a-biological-need-to-steal/

Hey progressives: Shoplifting isn’t need, it’s just plain greed​


https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/opinion/hey-progressives-shoplifting-isnt-need-its-just-plain-greed/

Outside Manhattan Criminal Court last week, Brooklyn Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher called the scourge of shoplifting that’s set in over the past decade the result of “crimes of poverty, people who are stealing things like toothpaste . . . And that means if you’re stealing those things, you need them.”

It’s hard to know which would be worse: that Gallagher isn’t aware that shoplifting is a gang-led, bulk-fencing scheme that costs jobs and that can escalate to deadly violence — or that she doesn’t care.

The criminals responsible for a disproportionate percentage of New York City retail theft aren’t driven by hunger (or by a desire for clean teeth).

They are repeat actors — people who steal and sell stolen goods for a living, or people who steal to support drug habits.

As The New York Times reported in 2023, just 327 people in 2022 were responsible for almost one in three city shoplifting arrests, with some “engage[d] in shoplifting as a trade,” and others “driven by addiction or mental illness.”
 
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