Democracy is Impossible Under the Managerial State

[LifeisTiresome]

David Rolfe Graeber, who passed away recently, was one of the architects behind Occupy Wall Street. He pointed out, rather accurately, that there are not two main factions in all this (Left and Right), but three. The Left, the Center, and the Right.



The “extreme center”, represented by the Clintons, Obama, the Bidens, and so forth, are basically the core political arm of the bureaucratic neoliberal elitists. They are opposed by both the Left and the Right, but for different reasons.

The Lib-left and anarcho-socialists who’ve been rioting in America’s streets hate the neoliberal centrists because they represent unrestrained capitalism, bureaucracy, military interventionism, and authoritarianism. The Right despise the Center because they see them as the wishy-washy pacifiers of the Left, responsible for doles, unrestrained immigration, offshoring of jobs, excess taxation, and moral decay.

In America, the Center and the Left are often conflated, best illustrated by how American right-wingers often call leftists by the blanket term “Liberals”, despite the fact that liberal centrist beliefs are antithetical to the values of the Left, and the Center can only exist as long as the Left and Right permit it to.

Both Left-wing and Right-wing criticisms of the Center are valid. The elitist Center have done all of the above. They’ve kissed the asses of the corporations, they’ve buried the human spirit under the burdensome yoke of administrative law, they’ve started pointless realpolitik wars and never apologized for them, they’ve taken more of our freedoms away than ever, they’ve given away our treasure like a bunch of spendthrifts, they’ve let immigrants and refugees fleeing their abusive wars flood into our countries without bothering to assimilate them, they’ve given away all our jobs to Southeast Asia, they’ve taxed the Middle Class half to death, and they’ve replaced decency with mindless consumerism and hedonism in the hopes that bread and circuses will keep people entertained long enough that they won’t notice how badly they’re being robbed. While the Left and Right argue, the Center gets away with murder. Who can tolerate these toffee-nosed freaks? They are unbearable. They think they’re above criticism. They will destroy our countries and feel smug about it and say it’s our fault. It’s high time we brought them to account for their sins.

I disagree that leftists are against authoritarianism. They are against it cause they are not in charge. When they are in charge, they are all for it. Just look at the free speech issue for evidence of that.

I view Centrists as just leftists in denial or just liberals aka leftists of 20 or 30 years ago.

Here is from neo gaf. An apparent anti-woke leftist commentator and yet he will vote for Biden to appease the Woke left.

Why this anti woke left commentator votes for Biden.

There is this political commentator called Coleman Hughes. He's been on Rubbin, Bill Maher, and he's interviewed Sam Harris a few times. Most around here will probably disagree with him but I thought he made a good case, one at least I hadn't heard before. He goes on about all the problems...

www.neogaf.com

"The executive doesn't have power over the ideas that dominate the culture. Yes, Trump can ban critical race theory for federal employees, he can change title 9 policies," but "99% of what matters, in schools, in private work places, in state and local government, Trump has no control over. If the executive has a notable influence over the spread of wokeness, then why has wokeness gained so much ground over the past four years?"

and

"The very notion of Trump derangement syndrome, which I agree can be a real thing, suggests that some people are pushed further to the left by Trump's style of speaking, then they would be by a more conventional conservative politician with the same policies. No one spoke of McCain derangement or Romney derangement, so do you really want a president that deranges the other side? In other words, do you want to live in a nation with a more deranged left wing, or a less deranged left wing? That question should answer itself. We should want a president that makes an effort to not needlessly upset the half of the country that didn't vote for him."

Liberals cannot beat leftism cause nothing leftists say are something liberals really disavow completely and utterly + their own ideology ensures that they cannot fight back against leftists.

 

[LifeisTiresome]

On 2nd thought, I'm being a bit too absolute with Liberals cannot beat Leftism.

But yes, I do stand that liberals do agree with things leftists say.

Liberals are all about "Teh Racism!" Its unto an accusation of blasphemy and heresy. Same with the leftist.

Liberals are all for flooding their countries with foreigners. Same with the leftist.

Liberalism from what we have seen leads to erosion of religion, the family unit and love of one's own country or ethnic group. Leftism don't like these things except for the last one. That one only applies to White people.