Comments on: Knee Jerks http://www.newclarion.com/2010/04/knee-jerks/ Our mission is to combat the unreason and selflessness that are sweeping our culture from the nihilist left to the religious right, and to sound a new ideal of capitalism and individual rights in American politics. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Dalton http://www.newclarion.com/2010/04/knee-jerks/#comment-8423 Andrew Dalton Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:47:40 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=2120#comment-8423 "But Left-Collectivism or Left-Leftism has never been discredited and in fact is still considered an ideal" It has been discredited as a path to material prosperity. (Communism was originally touted as pro-industry.) But as long as economic collectivism is considered a <i>moral</i> ideal, practical concerns will continue to be swept aside, or else reworked to coincide with the moral theory. Hence the anti-prosperity gospel of environmentalism. The Communists were smarter than the Nazis, because they understood the importance of propaganda -- not just in the nations that they ruled, but also worldwide across a span of decades. The Nazis made the gambit of trying to win everything by force in one swoop; and when they failed, they had no benevolent-sounding pretexts or excuses for their naked brutality. “But Left-Collectivism or Left-Leftism has never been discredited and in fact is still considered an ideal”

It has been discredited as a path to material prosperity. (Communism was originally touted as pro-industry.) But as long as economic collectivism is considered a moral ideal, practical concerns will continue to be swept aside, or else reworked to coincide with the moral theory. Hence the anti-prosperity gospel of environmentalism.

The Communists were smarter than the Nazis, because they understood the importance of propaganda — not just in the nations that they ruled, but also worldwide across a span of decades. The Nazis made the gambit of trying to win everything by force in one swoop; and when they failed, they had no benevolent-sounding pretexts or excuses for their naked brutality.

]]> By: madmax http://www.newclarion.com/2010/04/knee-jerks/#comment-8412 madmax Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:59:57 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=2120#comment-8412 Hitler was a version of Right-Collectivism or Right-Leftism. This version of collectivism was discredited after WW2. But Left-Collectivism or Left-Leftism has never been discredited and in fact is still considered an ideal as in "Communism was good in theory but flawed only in practice because the right people never were in charge." Hitler was a version of Right-Collectivism or Right-Leftism. This version of collectivism was discredited after WW2. But Left-Collectivism or Left-Leftism has never been discredited and in fact is still considered an ideal as in “Communism was good in theory but flawed only in practice because the right people never were in charge.”

]]> By: L-C http://www.newclarion.com/2010/04/knee-jerks/#comment-8406 L-C Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:11:13 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=2120#comment-8406 Coincidentally, the Left loves the fact that Hitler is commonly regarded as being "extreme Right-wing". What a wonderful roomate for your enemy. Coincidentally, the Left loves the fact that Hitler is commonly regarded as being “extreme Right-wing”. What a wonderful roomate for your enemy.

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