A thread on how The Left is so often the right side of history, and how is there increasingly no more middle ground anymore.
Some ppl say: The Right has power. They're in office!
I'm not referring to the debates of “the left has a stranglehold on culture (press, college, hollywood)" vs “the right has won a bunch of electoral battles"
Or even liberals vs republicans or their ideas. Those ideas change.
I'm not referring to the debates of “the left has a stranglehold on culture (press, college, hollywood)" vs “the right has won a bunch of electoral battles"
Or even liberals vs republicans or their ideas. Those ideas change.
I'm referring to the broader trend of egalitarianism eats the world.
The Left is egalitarianism, and the world has increasingly gotten more egalitarian overtime.
The Left is egalitarianism, and the world has increasingly gotten more egalitarian overtime.
By "Left" and "Right" I mean the specific tactics, not policies. The latter are accessories
The Left wants change. ("progress, right side of history"
The Right wants the status quo ("order, harmony")
So the the left sets the agenda and the right reacts
The Left wants change. ("progress, right side of history"
The Right wants the status quo ("order, harmony")
So the the left sets the agenda and the right reacts
The Right often just wants to survive
The Right by definition reacts against the Left, whatever the Left is at that moment
The Right's ruled by high status people who wanna freeze time to preserve status
The Left's ruled by high status people who want to raise it even higher
The Right by definition reacts against the Left, whatever the Left is at that moment
The Right's ruled by high status people who wanna freeze time to preserve status
The Left's ruled by high status people who want to raise it even higher
If The Left is about raising status for self & all (equality), The Right is about preserving the status quo.
The main way the right can compete with the left is by adopting the same tactics. But it turns them evil.
(e.g. Fascists used communist tactics against the communists.)
The main way the right can compete with the left is by adopting the same tactics. But it turns them evil.
(e.g. Fascists used communist tactics against the communists.)
So why does Left keep winning?
Dominion: The Left is just an extension of Christianity without Christ
Universalism is the idea that there are universal human rights and that all people are created equal
The translation of catholicism is "universalism"
Dominion: The Left is just an extension of Christianity without Christ
Universalism is the idea that there are universal human rights and that all people are created equal
The translation of catholicism is "universalism"
Why else do they win?
- We evolved in egalitarian forager groups, so egalitarianism naturally resonates w people
- Promising people higher status is a brilliant strategy:
- The Left is better at organizing (compared to, say libertarians) & wants it more
- We evolved in egalitarian forager groups, so egalitarianism naturally resonates w people
- Promising people higher status is a brilliant strategy:
- The Left is better at organizing (compared to, say libertarians) & wants it more
Scarface: “First you get the money, then you get the power...”
The left goes straight to power, using the state as the mechanism to achieve its goals.
Which is why they keep trying to load up the state with power even when the state is run by someone they hate, like right now.
The left goes straight to power, using the state as the mechanism to achieve its goals.
Which is why they keep trying to load up the state with power even when the state is run by someone they hate, like right now.
It’s also why they dislike capitalism
Capitalism and wealth creation is power outside the state
Anything that promotes agency, individual responsibility, free speech—these are all against the state expanding power, so they don't like it
The more dependent folks are, the better
Capitalism and wealth creation is power outside the state
Anything that promotes agency, individual responsibility, free speech—these are all against the state expanding power, so they don't like it
The more dependent folks are, the better
Of course, there are benefits of egalitarianism up to a point.
Where's that line?
Where's the in-between?
Who are the moderates?
Too much egalitarianism and you destroy excellence. Vice versa.
The middle has been totally hallowed out. No stopping point:
Where's that line?
Where's the in-between?
Who are the moderates?
Too much egalitarianism and you destroy excellence. Vice versa.
The middle has been totally hallowed out. No stopping point:
The main reason the middle is weak is because "activists for the middle" is basically an oxymoron: people with tons of political energy are naturally drawn to extremes
Add to that our clickbait corporate media landscape and social media thought police dynamic, & that explains it
Add to that our clickbait corporate media landscape and social media thought police dynamic, & that explains it
B/c of Ricky Gervais or Dave Chapelle, people think wokeness is fading out, but it's mainstreaming into our institutions (e.g. universities, media, HR departments) and our laws, and it'll take decades to reverse once we decide we decide we want to.
To be sure, the right is unhinged as well, although in a different way: The right focuses on the past, the left is on the future.
Right is substance, left is optics. Too much lack of optics is also a lack of substance.
Ideally you'd have a mix of both.
Right is substance, left is optics. Too much lack of optics is also a lack of substance.
Ideally you'd have a mix of both.
A TLDR for why the left tends to win:
People with a chance at gaining status are usually going to outcompete people who are just trying to keep what they have. They care more.
People with a chance at gaining status are usually going to outcompete people who are just trying to keep what they have. They care more.
