Like all other human beings, the modern liberal reveals his true
character, including his madness, in what he values and devalues, in
what he articulates with passion. Of special interest, however, are
the many values about which the modern liberal mind is not passionate:
His agenda does not insist that the individual is the ultimate
economic, social and political unit;
It does not idealize individual liberty and the structure of law and
order essential to it;
It does not defend the basic rights of property and contract;
It does not aspire to ideals of authentic autonomy and mutuality;
It does not preach an ethic of self-reliance and self-determination;
It does not praise courage, forbearance or resilience;
it does not celebrate the ethics of consent or the blessings of
voluntary cooperation.
It does not advocate moral rectitude or understand the critical role
of morality in human relating.
The liberal agenda does not comprehend an identity of competence,
appreciate its importance, or analyze the developmental conditions
and social institutions that promote its achievement.
The liberal agenda does not understand or recognize personal
sovereignty or impose strict limits on coercion by the state.
It does not celebrate the genuine altruism of private charity.
It does not learn history?s lessons on the evils of collectivism.
What the liberal mind is passionate about is a world filled with
pity, sorrow, neediness, misfortune, poverty, suspicion, mistrust,
anger, exploitation, discrimination, victimization, alienation and
injustice.
Those who occupy this world are ?workers,? ?minorities,? ?the little
guy,? ?women,? and the ?unemployed.?
They are poor, weak, sick, wronged, cheated, oppressed,
disenfranchised, exploited and victimized. They bear no
responsibility for their problems.
None of their agonies are attributable to faults or failings of their
own: not to poor choices, bad habits, faulty judgment, wishful thinking,
lack of ambition, low frustration tolerance, mental illness or
defects in character.
None of the victims? plight is caused by failure to plan for the
future or learn from experience.
Instead, the ?root causes? of all this pain lie in faulty social
conditions: poverty, disease, war, ignorance, unemployment, racial prejudice, ethnic and gender discrimination, modern technology, capitalism,
globalization and imperialism.
In the radical liberal mind, this suffering is inflicted on the
innocent by various predators and persecutors: ?Big Business,? ?Big Corporations,? ?greedy capitalists,? U.S. Imperialists,? ?the oppressors,? ?the rich,? ?the wealthy,? ?the powerful? and ?the selfish.?
The liberal cure for this endless malaise is a very large
authoritarian government that regulates and manages society through a
cradle to grave agenda of redistributive caretaking.
It is a government everywhere doing everything for everyone.
The liberal motto is ?In Government We Trust.?
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