I live in American liberal land in a liberal college town and have my self-awarded PHD in liberal behavior studies. One of their behaviors is demonstrated anxiety over economic abundance. They are largely growth-change-averse and scarcity-change-craving. They travel to 2000-year old European villages (ironically only sustained by thei…
I live in American liberal land in a liberal college town and have my self-awarded PHD in liberal behavior studies. One of their behaviors is demonstrated anxiety over economic abundance. They are largely growth-change-averse and scarcity-change-craving. They travel to 2000-year old European villages (ironically only sustained by their travel destination economy) for vacation and come back lamenting the signs of REAL American economic strength and growth. Their aesthetics sensitivities are flamed and they are embarrassed that their country does not look like a 2000 year old vacation destination. So they go to work agitating and voting for scarcity-change... with an irrational opinion that it will make things better.
They are people with a scarcity mindset. They are anti-abundance except for an abundance of their own power and control. It is a personality flaw. It is why they create a mess. They should never be in charge.
I would say then that if they use logic and knowledge about human behavior in their analysis and decisions, they would therefore not be liberal in the sense of present liberalism.
If you can craft a question that is not a pure strawman, or make an argument that doesn’t rely on one, I’ll engage with you. But rebutting silly strawman/false premises are not worth my time.
That’s an interesting perspective. I’ve long thought that a similar psychology is at play in response to Climate Change. Whatever you think of the science, it’s clear that many liberals embrace the coming apocalypse. You can see this in their resistance to fixes that might actually work, such as nuclear.
They live in the land of “luxury beliefs”. I’ve never considered a “scarcity mindset”. I’m doing some deep thinking today instead of retail therapy. Thanks for the great topic to analyze.
A very good analysis of the post-1960s "liberal" mindset and why it isn't really liberal. The period after 1968 marked a real change in what is called "liberalism," a new inward-looking, guilt-ridden pessimism that conveniently gave the new credentialed elite the concepts they needed to boss everyone else around. Eventually, it became unrecognizable to people who had voted for JFK or FDR.
I live in American liberal land in a liberal college town and have my self-awarded PHD in liberal behavior studies. One of their behaviors is demonstrated anxiety over economic abundance. They are largely growth-change-averse and scarcity-change-craving. They travel to 2000-year old European villages (ironically only sustained by their travel destination economy) for vacation and come back lamenting the signs of REAL American economic strength and growth. Their aesthetics sensitivities are flamed and they are embarrassed that their country does not look like a 2000 year old vacation destination. So they go to work agitating and voting for scarcity-change... with an irrational opinion that it will make things better.
They are people with a scarcity mindset. They are anti-abundance except for an abundance of their own power and control. It is a personality flaw. It is why they create a mess. They should never be in charge.
Terrific take. I boil it down to: "Big-L Liberalism is a mental disorder, if not an outright mental illness."
So in your estimation, anyone who doesn’t agree with you on the majority of very difficult policy questions is mentally ill? I doubt this is correct
I would say then that if they use logic and knowledge about human behavior in their analysis and decisions, they would therefore not be liberal in the sense of present liberalism.
If you can craft a question that is not a pure strawman, or make an argument that doesn’t rely on one, I’ll engage with you. But rebutting silly strawman/false premises are not worth my time.
I concur. It certainly isn’t logical and definitely ignores human behavior.
That’s an interesting perspective. I’ve long thought that a similar psychology is at play in response to Climate Change. Whatever you think of the science, it’s clear that many liberals embrace the coming apocalypse. You can see this in their resistance to fixes that might actually work, such as nuclear.
They live in the land of “luxury beliefs”. I’ve never considered a “scarcity mindset”. I’m doing some deep thinking today instead of retail therapy. Thanks for the great topic to analyze.
A very good analysis of the post-1960s "liberal" mindset and why it isn't really liberal. The period after 1968 marked a real change in what is called "liberalism," a new inward-looking, guilt-ridden pessimism that conveniently gave the new credentialed elite the concepts they needed to boss everyone else around. Eventually, it became unrecognizable to people who had voted for JFK or FDR.
Self-loathing is at the heart of every liberal/left policy.