Enough people on the real right demonize people on the left. Some see the comprehensive left-Cathedral conspiracy (a conspiracy of universities, media, corporations, and high politics). Some people describe a leftist “long march through the institutions” to explain the cultural dominance of the left in real politics. But a lot of things on the left work because of interpersonal relationships, shared ideology, idealism, but also lack of self-awareness, cowardice, psychological problems, psychological blackmail, fear, and the desire for profit. (more…)
Counter-Currents