Dear Editor,
Louis Black defines the ideological trap of neo-leftism perfectly in the last paragraph of his Aug. 10 “
Page Two” article – albeit unintentionally. But regardless, it is crucial to understand that the leftist mindset is the ideological enabler of the complaints that Mr. Black makes – and if allowed to expand those grievances will eventually obliterate civilization. So for those dark tendencies to be defeated, neo-leftism must be defeated.
He essentially describes how apathy and addiction to wallowing in misery have reached alarmingly pernicious levels. However, he is not accurately stating why this transpired. In the immediate post-World War II era America was the model of how people thrive. After all, for the first time in history, the victor rebuilt the conquered. Could there be a more positive example?
But over time the darker side of human nature reared – ingratitude, envy, and hubris. Neo-leftism was born. Worldwide people began to take U.S. good nature for granted. This tendency kept the horrors of communist Russia and China afloat for decades longer than necessary. Hubris was and is shared by those tainted by smug false victimhood and entitlement and morally lazy left-wing American social mandarins, e.g., academics, politicians, and artists.
Socialism became fashionable. The “New Left” was vogue. Today it is “progressive multiculturalism.” Savvy leftist propagandists from Noam Chomsky to Michael Moore tirelessly work to further the radical agenda; legitimizing material envy, enshrining moral obtuseness and the monolithic state ruthlessly enforcing their political religion.
And we now have a new addition – totalitarian Islamist collectivism. While traditional atheist leftists will recoil at the suggestion of a religious movement in their mix, ultimately there is not a great difference in the end goals of neo-leftism and radical Islamism – only the dogmatic mechanism. Indeed, “dark is easy; despair is lazy” defines the road to hell.