Agree completely, there's certainly a strong undercurrent of safetyism here as well that those who want to engage and behavior perhaps considered outside the norm don't want anybody to ever question their decisions. Just not the way the world works, trying to force everyone to pretend to agree merely weakens them further. Live your life, do your thing, and let the dogs keep barking because the Caravan is moving on.
I think this is what separates the moderate left wing party of JFK from the neolib, radical left, whose utopia involves mechanized order, provided to you by their benevolent top-down, super-sized, federal government. Essentially, they want to give a centralized actor complete control over the means of production, all in the name of the common good, and for your safety and security. And if you didn't ask for their benevolent "protection", too bad, because you need them anyway.
It will lead to tyranny. Every tyrant in history has said to the people that all they needed was their weapons, and then everyone would live in paradise. They said all we need is your property, and everyone will live in unimaginable abundance and luxury. All we need is your trust, and everyone will live in peace. All we need is for you to curtail your speech and self expression, and the world will be a better place. Why don't you trust us? If you do, all your needs will be taken care of. We love you.
In reality, they demand obedience and the total destruction of your individuality, for their poorly constructed abstract conception of a Utopia. And when they realize they cannot reach their Utopia, they'll begin the witch hunt against fictious enemies that leads to Gulags, reeducation camps, followed by a 100M deaths, mostly from starvation. And while your family is starving, the "elites", "influencers" and all others deemed "necessary" and "essential" by state thugs will throw lavish banquets to satisfy their triumph over your conquered soul.
Agree completely, there's certainly a strong undercurrent of safetyism here as well that those who want to engage and behavior perhaps considered outside the norm don't want anybody to ever question their decisions. Just not the way the world works, trying to force everyone to pretend to agree merely weakens them further. Live your life, do your thing, and let the dogs keep barking because the Caravan is moving on.
I think this is what separates the moderate left wing party of JFK from the neolib, radical left, whose utopia involves mechanized order, provided to you by their benevolent top-down, super-sized, federal government. Essentially, they want to give a centralized actor complete control over the means of production, all in the name of the common good, and for your safety and security. And if you didn't ask for their benevolent "protection", too bad, because you need them anyway.
It will lead to tyranny. Every tyrant in history has said to the people that all they needed was their weapons, and then everyone would live in paradise. They said all we need is your property, and everyone will live in unimaginable abundance and luxury. All we need is your trust, and everyone will live in peace. All we need is for you to curtail your speech and self expression, and the world will be a better place. Why don't you trust us? If you do, all your needs will be taken care of. We love you.
In reality, they demand obedience and the total destruction of your individuality, for their poorly constructed abstract conception of a Utopia. And when they realize they cannot reach their Utopia, they'll begin the witch hunt against fictious enemies that leads to Gulags, reeducation camps, followed by a 100M deaths, mostly from starvation. And while your family is starving, the "elites", "influencers" and all others deemed "necessary" and "essential" by state thugs will throw lavish banquets to satisfy their triumph over your conquered soul.