The Left Frame of Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Leftist Brain (eBook, ePUB)
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Do you have a healthy mental attitude and a positive outlook on life? Good for you. This means you are in the right frame of mind. If you don't, this means you are in the left frame of mind, and this is not so good. The left frame of mind is the wrong frame of mind. It means you have a Leftist Brain. Sorry. I don't make up the rules. And life isn't fair.At least you're not alone. Leftist brains are everywhere and produce a near endless variety of good intentions that go bad. There is no fundamental difference between a Soviet communist Leftist Brain and a Wisconsin Democrat Leftist Brain, for ...
Do you have a healthy mental attitude and a positive outlook on life? Good for you. This means you are in the right frame of mind. If you don't, this means you are in the left frame of mind, and this is not so good. The left frame of mind is the wrong frame of mind. It means you have a Leftist Brain. Sorry. I don't make up the rules. And life isn't fair.
At least you're not alone. Leftist brains are everywhere and produce a near endless variety of good intentions that go bad. There is no fundamental difference between a Soviet communist Leftist Brain and a Wisconsin Democrat Leftist Brain, for instance. It is merely a matter of degree of Leftist Brain brainness. This is because all leftist brains share the following three characteristics:
1) The belief that COLLECTIVISM is good and individualism is bad. The Leftist Brain strives for parental government that promotes childlike dependency. It expects the State to regulate everything, from daycare to retirement. It does not care that such cradle-to-grave infantilization undermines its own freedom of choice as long as it is told that this is being done in the name of "equality," a wonderful sounding ideal that does not exist in Nature.
2) The conviction that COERCION is prerable to voluntary cooperation. The Leftist Brain wants a world in which all conform to a strict regime of submission. It has no confidence in the spontaneous order created through mutual agreement. It is vexed by the thought of unrestricted individuals deciding things for themselves because they might not have "the greater good" in mind. It believes that "the ends justify the means" and only respects the rule of law when it is "interpreted" in the way it deems fit.
3) SENSE OF MISSION overrides common sense. The Leftist Brain sees itself as one of the chosen "on the right side of history." It feels superior to ordinary brains that can never enjoy its higher, enlightened status. This delusion serves the psychological function of bolstering what is typically the weak self-esteem of a brain that is ungrateful, ungenerous and unhappy. Its feigned altruism hides its lack of true empathy and reveals pronounced narcissist tendencies. Unchecked, these tendencies lead to full-blown nihilism. This is why a Leftist Brain is so easy to trigger and eager to resort to violence.
Sadly, it is precisely these characteristics of Leftist Brain brainness that have led us to where we are today. Because like it or not, we live in a Leftist Brain world. It is a world that is very far removed from the one the framers of the Constitution originally intended. Instead of enjoying individual freedom in a system that protects our liberties through the exercise of limited negative rights (don't do this, don't do that), the Leftist Brain's endless quest for equality means ever growing government coercion through the exercise of unlimited positive rights (do this, do that). We must do as we are told, in other words. We have become indentured servants to the State.
The following is a collection of observations about the nature of the Leftist Brain. Chapter content is not strictly limited to what is indicated by the given chapter title. There will also be a short quiz at the end of each chapter which you will fail.
Most of these observations are meant to be humorous, although some might appear to be more biting, bitter and cynical than laugh-out-loud funny. This is because they are more biting, bitter and cynical than laugh-out-loud funny.
But I hope you enjoy them anyway.
At least you're not alone. Leftist brains are everywhere and produce a near endless variety of good intentions that go bad. There is no fundamental difference between a Soviet communist Leftist Brain and a Wisconsin Democrat Leftist Brain, for instance. It is merely a matter of degree of Leftist Brain brainness. This is because all leftist brains share the following three characteristics:
1) The belief that COLLECTIVISM is good and individualism is bad. The Leftist Brain strives for parental government that promotes childlike dependency. It expects the State to regulate everything, from daycare to retirement. It does not care that such cradle-to-grave infantilization undermines its own freedom of choice as long as it is told that this is being done in the name of "equality," a wonderful sounding ideal that does not exist in Nature.
2) The conviction that COERCION is prerable to voluntary cooperation. The Leftist Brain wants a world in which all conform to a strict regime of submission. It has no confidence in the spontaneous order created through mutual agreement. It is vexed by the thought of unrestricted individuals deciding things for themselves because they might not have "the greater good" in mind. It believes that "the ends justify the means" and only respects the rule of law when it is "interpreted" in the way it deems fit.
3) SENSE OF MISSION overrides common sense. The Leftist Brain sees itself as one of the chosen "on the right side of history." It feels superior to ordinary brains that can never enjoy its higher, enlightened status. This delusion serves the psychological function of bolstering what is typically the weak self-esteem of a brain that is ungrateful, ungenerous and unhappy. Its feigned altruism hides its lack of true empathy and reveals pronounced narcissist tendencies. Unchecked, these tendencies lead to full-blown nihilism. This is why a Leftist Brain is so easy to trigger and eager to resort to violence.
Sadly, it is precisely these characteristics of Leftist Brain brainness that have led us to where we are today. Because like it or not, we live in a Leftist Brain world. It is a world that is very far removed from the one the framers of the Constitution originally intended. Instead of enjoying individual freedom in a system that protects our liberties through the exercise of limited negative rights (don't do this, don't do that), the Leftist Brain's endless quest for equality means ever growing government coercion through the exercise of unlimited positive rights (do this, do that). We must do as we are told, in other words. We have become indentured servants to the State.
The following is a collection of observations about the nature of the Leftist Brain. Chapter content is not strictly limited to what is indicated by the given chapter title. There will also be a short quiz at the end of each chapter which you will fail.
Most of these observations are meant to be humorous, although some might appear to be more biting, bitter and cynical than laugh-out-loud funny. This is because they are more biting, bitter and cynical than laugh-out-loud funny.
But I hope you enjoy them anyway.
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