House of Eratosthenes

If the Left were stupid or insane, they would sometimes, by sheer statistical random chance, sometimes voice real outrage over a real injustice, or dismiss as unreal a complaint that actually was, for once, unreal. But they are always silent over real outrages and injustices, except when (“Little Eichmanns”) they applaud them, and always outraged over imaginary outrages.

The only way to get a nearly perfect score of absolute unreality and absolute injustice in each and every stance voiced by countless people over countless years is if three things are true:
1. They all share, openly or tacitly, the same assumption
2. That assumption influences, informs, or controls each and every stance
3. That assumption, either directly or indirectly, substitutes justice for injustice in their thinking, reality for unreality.

If this were true, then the Left would have for unreality the same longing, adoration, loyalty, and hunger for truth which philosophers, scientists, reporters, engineers, and all men of good will by rights should have, and the same longing, adoration, loyalty, and hunger for justice which both victims and those lawmen and law-abiding citizen eager to avenge them by rights should have.

I submit that the one assumption all Leftists share in order to be Leftists is that life is unfair, and the unfairness is manmade, springing from the laws and customs, institutions and habits of mankind, which exploited a unsuccessful victim to the benefit of the successful victor; ergo any man, church or nation who is successful won its success under the crooked rules and corrupt practices of these same unfair laws and practices; ergo the successful are in the wrong, and the more successful they are, the more wrong; ergo again the only way their victims can be made right is for the successful to give away the ill-gotten fruits of success to the victims, and the laws and practices of man shall and must change to prevent the unfairness from happening again.

That assumption controls their every stance…
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Any man who does not blame his fellow man for the injustices of nature is not a Leftist. He lacks the proper level of resentment to qualify.

Leftism is politicized envy.

You see, the Left are losers. They are stupid people who want to be thought smart; people with no taste who want to be thought cultured and artistic; selfish cowards who want the palm leaf of martyrdom and the gold medal of heroism; but who, in no case, can actually perform.

Those who can, do. Those who can’t, give a bunch of fancy speeches to offer the superficial impression that they’ve done something. And start a political movement to find fault with others who have done.

Do I really need to say it? Karl Marx, baby!

“The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence: Hate the man who is better off than you are. Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects – his laziness, incompetence, improvidence, or stupidity.”
- Severian | 12/12/2014 @ 07:57
“…and the unfairness is man-made.” Like climate change, extinctions, hurricanes, droughts, floods, etc. They place too much emphasis on “man”, then they can seek “man-made” solutions whether they exist or not. Maybe a little more emphasis on spirituality, fate, karma, metaphysics, etc., might do them well and take a little emphasis off “man”. Or not.
- Open other end | 12/12/2014 @ 08:07
They can’t. Remember, “God” is a magic sky fairy for stupid people. So, because they are so very, very Smart, must simultaneously believe that

1) everything is reducible to Lenin’s famous “Who? Whom?”, and
2) they themselves are neither the who nor the whom.

They don’t do. They just point-and-shriek until the government does. Nor are they done to — it’s always “the poor” or “minorities” or “the underpriviliged” or what have you who are on the receiving end of “social justice.”

At bottom, as Wright says, they are losers. More than that, they are terrified of freedom and its consequences. Remember, these are the people who think it’s a problem — an actual psychological malady, called “the paradox of choice” — when people have too many options for satisfying their wants and needs. The leftist longs to have even that minimal responsibility removed — picking between Charmin and Angel Soft is just too much for them; they need government-issue toilet paper.
- Severian | 12/12/2014 @ 09:25
Severian: Are you a Seeker of Truth and Penitence? 🙂
- pst314 | 12/12/2014 @ 13:04
Only for the Left, my friend…. 🙂

[Honestly, I hate that stupid moniker and would gladly go with something else… I had to come up with a handle for a message board on the spur of the moment way back in the days, and that was the first thing that came to mind (I was reading the books at the time). But the only guy I know who tried to change his handle was Prince, and even then he had to go with “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince” until he was Prince again, so I guess I’m stuck with it].
- Severian | 12/12/2014 @ 13:28
“Only for the Left”

Let me know if you need an assistant, and I’ll change my handle to Jonas. 😉

“hate that stupid moniker”

My sympathies. You were wise not to change it to “The Commenter Formerly Known as Severian”…or worse, “Indecipherable Squiggle”. 🙂
- pst314 | 12/12/2014 @ 13:42
But if you did that, you’d have to put up with people humming that old Weezer song at you: “My name is Jonas…..”

This is going to sound unbelievably self-serving, I know, but I for one can use all the help I can get over at over at our collective effort, Rotten Chestnuts. It’s a sideline for our humble host (and thanks for letting me shamelessly plug myself, Morgan), but it’s my main gig when I have something coherent(-ish) to say. As half my stuff there tends to be old, dusty, history-of-ideas type stuff, I don’t have much of a clue how it all goes over, so…. if you feel like reading, and commenting, all constructive criticism is appreciated.
- Severian | 12/12/2014 @ 14:43
Crap. I screwed up the link; can you tell I was a liberal arts guy in college? http://www.rottenchestnuts.com

(Extra-sorry for filching bandwidth, Morgan).
- Severian | 12/12/2014 @ 14:44
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- Permanent Revolution | Rotten Chestnuts | 12/12/2014 @ 15:09
“Rotten Chestnuts”

Bookmarked!
- pst314 | 12/12/2014 @ 16:50

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