A progressive liberal is like a barren mother, a childless viper who steals the eggs from another bird's nest.
Why would I say that?
Statistically speaking, progressive liberals, who tend to be academically minded, are not having enough children to replace themselves. They tend to focus much more on their careers in the university or in politics, opting to have children later in life, if they have any at all. So to whom do they spread their views about the way things are?
...To the impressionable children of unsuspecting religious people of course.
And they do it on someone else's dollar to someone else's kid, all across the country, in colleges and schools. What do they teach? Liberal progressivism. But to understand the worldview of a these progressives, one must understand it's core, foundational principle--the DNA of its view about the world. And what is that?
The Hegelian Dialectic.
This is the DNA of their entire worldview, the core philosophy through which they evaluate reality. It works something like this: Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis. Hegel was a German philosopher who, in the wake of Immanuel Kant, rejected the notion that human beings had access to objective, absolute truths, or the essences of things. Instead, what Hegel did was to promote what he called the "zeitgeist," meaning the "time spirit." What this meant was that, throughout time, humankind was progressively becoming more and more knowledgeable...enlightened, so to speak. It's the idea that the history of mankind was a like a spirit, moving closer by degrees toward a purer truth. So, out with the old, traditional ways of thinking, and in with the new.
The dialectic is like the engine of this process. The old traditional views (the thesis) would be challenged by the new views (the antithesis), usually held by younger people, and would gradually produce a changed society (the synthesis). The new synthesis would become the old thesis, and on and on it goes. Old views would be held to be "primitive," "outdated," or "obsolete," while new views would be seen as "cutting edge," "innovative," and so forth.
Progressivism redefines the role of the politician as well as the role of the educator. In education, the goal is "change" and "moving on to a better tomorrow." The schools are the most important battleground for the progressive thinker because, in it, there are all sorts of malleable minds waiting to be shaped for tomorrow. The schools become the place where students learn to reject the obsolete views of their primitive parents (thesis), and replace it with new and cutting edge ideas (antithesis), which leads society into a new age, with different ideas and beliefs about the world (synthesis). Who pays the educator and the politicians to undermine them? The parents. Who produces the children and unwittingly hands them over to a system designed to undermine their traditional views? Mostly, religious parents.
What is important to understand about Liberal Progressivism and the Hegelian Dialectic is that the conflict never ends. Since society is always moving toward an infinite truth, then it never really reaches it. New ideas will always become old, and will always give way to a new challenge. The State will always be there to manipulate its citizenry and the educator will always undermine the values of the parent. The son will always despise his father, and society will always keep on fragmenting until it falls apart.
Nazi Germany believed in this notion of progress, and Socialism became the new fad of government all throughout Europe. Karl Marx co-opted the dialectic, viewing mankind as a material commodity, and applied it to class warfare. The new dialectic would now mean the bourgeois versus the proletariat and would eventually synthesize into a new utopia, the Communistic State.
In terms of the American classroom, truth is a temporary, fleeting thing. Old, traditional models of knowledge give way to new models of learning and knowing...until those, likewise, grow old and become replaced by a new controversy. The student is not subjected to an emphasis on "factual based" knowledge. He is defintely not taught logic. Rather, he is encouraged to read the opinings of other progressives and talk about his feelings and speculations with a group, directed by a progressive facilitator, of course. His thoughts on the matter, where they convey any semblance of traditional values (such as those taught to him by his father), are discouraged by the facilitator and the group. It is the acquisition of knowledge on the basis of peer-pressure, authority, and group consensus, in short, "herd mentality."
This is why the world is changing. This is what it means to be a "Progressive" or a "Socialist" or a "Communist." This is what it means to be a "Liberal" and to constantly embrace change. The only thing truly evil to such people is yesterday, always yesterday. But in some sort of cosmic design of bittersweet irony, they are forever cursed to repeat all those yesterdays. Like a mouse trapped in a caged wheel, always running but never arriving anywhere. Always reaching a group consensus, but forever fragmenting...until society crumbles and they start anew.
Why would I say that?
Statistically speaking, progressive liberals, who tend to be academically minded, are not having enough children to replace themselves. They tend to focus much more on their careers in the university or in politics, opting to have children later in life, if they have any at all. So to whom do they spread their views about the way things are?
...To the impressionable children of unsuspecting religious people of course.
And they do it on someone else's dollar to someone else's kid, all across the country, in colleges and schools. What do they teach? Liberal progressivism. But to understand the worldview of a these progressives, one must understand it's core, foundational principle--the DNA of its view about the world. And what is that?
The Hegelian Dialectic.
This is the DNA of their entire worldview, the core philosophy through which they evaluate reality. It works something like this: Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis. Hegel was a German philosopher who, in the wake of Immanuel Kant, rejected the notion that human beings had access to objective, absolute truths, or the essences of things. Instead, what Hegel did was to promote what he called the "zeitgeist," meaning the "time spirit." What this meant was that, throughout time, humankind was progressively becoming more and more knowledgeable...enlightened, so to speak. It's the idea that the history of mankind was a like a spirit, moving closer by degrees toward a purer truth. So, out with the old, traditional ways of thinking, and in with the new.
The dialectic is like the engine of this process. The old traditional views (the thesis) would be challenged by the new views (the antithesis), usually held by younger people, and would gradually produce a changed society (the synthesis). The new synthesis would become the old thesis, and on and on it goes. Old views would be held to be "primitive," "outdated," or "obsolete," while new views would be seen as "cutting edge," "innovative," and so forth.
Progressivism redefines the role of the politician as well as the role of the educator. In education, the goal is "change" and "moving on to a better tomorrow." The schools are the most important battleground for the progressive thinker because, in it, there are all sorts of malleable minds waiting to be shaped for tomorrow. The schools become the place where students learn to reject the obsolete views of their primitive parents (thesis), and replace it with new and cutting edge ideas (antithesis), which leads society into a new age, with different ideas and beliefs about the world (synthesis). Who pays the educator and the politicians to undermine them? The parents. Who produces the children and unwittingly hands them over to a system designed to undermine their traditional views? Mostly, religious parents.
What is important to understand about Liberal Progressivism and the Hegelian Dialectic is that the conflict never ends. Since society is always moving toward an infinite truth, then it never really reaches it. New ideas will always become old, and will always give way to a new challenge. The State will always be there to manipulate its citizenry and the educator will always undermine the values of the parent. The son will always despise his father, and society will always keep on fragmenting until it falls apart.
Nazi Germany believed in this notion of progress, and Socialism became the new fad of government all throughout Europe. Karl Marx co-opted the dialectic, viewing mankind as a material commodity, and applied it to class warfare. The new dialectic would now mean the bourgeois versus the proletariat and would eventually synthesize into a new utopia, the Communistic State.
In terms of the American classroom, truth is a temporary, fleeting thing. Old, traditional models of knowledge give way to new models of learning and knowing...until those, likewise, grow old and become replaced by a new controversy. The student is not subjected to an emphasis on "factual based" knowledge. He is defintely not taught logic. Rather, he is encouraged to read the opinings of other progressives and talk about his feelings and speculations with a group, directed by a progressive facilitator, of course. His thoughts on the matter, where they convey any semblance of traditional values (such as those taught to him by his father), are discouraged by the facilitator and the group. It is the acquisition of knowledge on the basis of peer-pressure, authority, and group consensus, in short, "herd mentality."
This is why the world is changing. This is what it means to be a "Progressive" or a "Socialist" or a "Communist." This is what it means to be a "Liberal" and to constantly embrace change. The only thing truly evil to such people is yesterday, always yesterday. But in some sort of cosmic design of bittersweet irony, they are forever cursed to repeat all those yesterdays. Like a mouse trapped in a caged wheel, always running but never arriving anywhere. Always reaching a group consensus, but forever fragmenting...until society crumbles and they start anew.
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