The political influence of the left in the Western Democracies has been steadily growing since the cultural revolution of the mid-1960’s.
The tenants of that revolution were carried forward by a vast number of people who continued to subscribe to them throughout their lives.
They carried with them the bent for social activism and an abounding distrust of conservatives.
Many of these people passed through or became part of educational systems where they either were exposed to leftist ideology or became the promoters of leftist ideology.
Such people went on to careers in virtually every public and private institution within the Democracies.
The leftist mindset, which was initially liberal and pragmatic in nature, started to evolve into one of a more authoritarian and arbitrary bent as the power garnered by access, and later, control of such institutions presented opportunity to create and codify social changes they believed would create a more egalitarian society.
This phase of the leftist political evolution heralded the eventual rise of the progressive phenomena wherein activist, academic, professional and governmental leftists began asserting a self-declared moral and intellectual superiority that afforded them the unassailable right to determine and create the perfect social construct.
When contradicted or confronted on the validity of their ideas, the progressive simply dismissed such doubts as being symptomatic of relative moral and intellectual inferiority.
Discussion or debate that runs counter to progressive ideology is either discouraged or banned - dissent is punished by expulsion.
Progressives have moved leftist politics into a realm that is cultivating a counter-revolution given its abandonment of democratic process and its embrace of arbitrary and unquestionable fiat.
Conservative revolution is being stimulated by the inroads on freedom that progressives have initiated - a role reversal given the elements involved in the 1960’s revolt.
As well, the simple lack of common sense that exists within the progressive agenda is being recognized as far more a liability rather than an asset to positive social development.
A shift away from the progressive left is in the offing - the magnitude of that shift and its pace are both accelerating.
A move towards conservatism is happening - the more progressives resist it, the greater the momentum toward the right will be.
The political influence of the left in the Western Democracies has been steadily growing since the cultural revolution of the mid-1960’s.
The tenants of that revolution were carried forward by a vast number of people who continued to subscribe to them throughout their lives.
They carried with them the bent for social activism and an abounding distrust of conservatives.
Many of these people passed through or became part of educational systems where they either were exposed to leftist ideology or became the promoters of leftist ideology.
Such people went on to careers in virtually every public and private institution within the Democracies.
The leftist mindset, which was initially liberal and pragmatic in nature, started to evolve into one of a more authoritarian and arbitrary bent as the power garnered by access, and later, control of such institutions presented opportunity to create and codify social changes they believed would create a more egalitarian society.
This phase of the leftist political evolution heralded the eventual rise of the progressive phenomena wherein activist, academic, professional and governmental leftists began asserting a self-declared moral and intellectual superiority that afforded them the unassailable right to determine and create the perfect social construct.
When contradicted or confronted on the validity of their ideas, the progressive simply dismissed such doubts as being symptomatic of relative moral and intellectual inferiority.
Discussion or debate that runs counter to progressive ideology is either discouraged or banned - dissent is punished by expulsion.
Progressives have moved leftist politics into a realm that is cultivating a counter-revolution given its abandonment of democratic process and its embrace of arbitrary and unquestionable fiat.
Conservative revolution is being stimulated by the inroads on freedom that progressives have initiated - a role reversal given the elements involved in the 1960’s revolt.
As well, the simple lack of common sense that exists within the progressive agenda is being recognized as far more a liability rather than an asset to positive social development.
A shift away from the progressive left is in the offing - the magnitude of that shift and its pace are both accelerating.
A move towards conservatism is happening - the more progressives resist it, the greater the momentum toward the right will be.