This has to end. Leftism needs to be relegated to the ash heap of history with Communism, socialism, and fascism. Charlie Kirk was killed because he was making strides towards doing just that. We have to continue on with that and do it as he did it, though learning, discipline, and conviction. While the other side embraces violence, we must embrace reason and faith.
Marxism
The Subjective Morality of the Left
When the idea of the class struggle did not catch on in the West, the Marxists sought out other differences between groups to shoehorned into the oppressor vs. oppressed dichotomy. To that end, the cultural Marxists have sought out every conceivable way in which groups of people can be divided against themselves. Their strategy is literally divide and conquer.
The Immorality of Cultural Marxism
An offshoot of the original Marxist ideology is known as Cultural Marxism. Where pure, classical Marxism deals with a struggle between the capitalist and working classes, this expanded form of Marxism seeks to pit other groups against each other in an oppressor vs. oppressed dynamic. These groups which cultural Marxists (read Leftists) pit against include, but are not limited to rich vs. poor, black, vs, white, minority vs majority, gay vs. straight, men vs. women, and so on.
The Appeal of Leftism
Leftists tend to see only the superficial benefits of what they do, and rarely explore the second and third order of consequences to their policies. Corrupt politicians use leftist appeal to people's sense of altruism to achieve power. When the bill finally comes due for their reckless policies, they are long gone. It's the Left's casual, well-meaning supporters who are among those left paying the price.
LR Podcast S2E12: Why is conservatism better? Pt 2
Perhaps the best commercial for American Conservatism are the anti-communist demonstrations currently in Cuba, where people have taken to the streets waving the American flag. They're not waving the EU flag, the BLM flag, or the Soviet flag, they're waving the American flag, knowing full well the ideals of liberty and freedom it embodies. Truly oppressed people recognize that the ideals held by American conservatives are intrinsically pro-freedom, anti-oppression.
LR Podcast S2E5: Memorial Day Message/COVID Endgame
To Reagan, and many of his generation, communism, and socialism equaled slavery-- not to a particular person, but to the state. What would the people of that era not so long ago make of the acceptance of Marxism and of collectivism we see among so many today?
LR Podcast, S2E4: It’s just repackaged Marxism
Since the early 20th Century, Communists have sought to exploit existing racial tensions in America to destabilize our society so it can be brought down and replaced with their collectivist Utopia.
LR Podcast, S2E3: Enter the Woke
Wokeness is the need to demonstrate one's virtue, or “wokeness” by advocating for certain causes that the Left, under the ethical framework of Cultural Marxism, has deemed worthy.
Enter Wokism.
Wokism has evolved into a pseudo-religion filling the cultural and spiritual void created by the abandonment of classical religious beliefs such as Judaism and Christianity in favor of the secular dogma of Cultural Marxism.
My Initial Reaction to The Communist Manifesto
I at long last, have bought and read a copy of The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Before now, I had only read quotes and brief excerpts from it. I was acquainted with it through commentary on it, but I knew once Democrats started to openly profess their socialist leanings I'd have … Continue reading My Initial Reaction to The Communist Manifesto
Liberty Relearned 