The Necromancy of Postmodern Leftism
Jul. 12th, 2020 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
causticusTo anyone who has been paying attention and isn't a member of the intersectional zombie cult, I would say it's rather obvious fact that most of the civil rights issues have been re-branded as "social justice" issues, were already solved many decades ago, as least as far as the legal system is concerned. Yes, once upon a time in certain parts of the US, a black man caught performing the high crime* of walking through the wrong part of town at the wrong time, just might have been beaten to a bloody pulp by an angry, bigoted mob. But thanks to many civil rights struggles, this is most-gladly a thing of the past and any such incidents of that kind occurring today are statistical anomalies, despite what the mendacious corporate media narratives being pushed today might say. Any many other civil rights victories have been achieved in decades past. Gays can pretty much go about their business without being violently harassed or bullied. Women can vote, serve in public live, and are free to pursue whatever career opportunity they so desire. I could go on for miles with regard to other issues too.
Of course many of these movements became infiltrated by leftist political activists and agitators, despite the fact that the people who founded many of these efforts were regular people who had very tangible and legitimate reasons for fighting against the government-mandated injustices of their time (i.e. actual systemic injustice). So what are leftist agitators in this current era do when they have run out of genuine causes to give their lives meaning? Fundamentally, I'm of the opinion that all leftism is fueled by angry grievances against the what is perceived to be "the system." When the legitimate grievances are addressed, the leftist runs out of issues to incessantly whine about. Thus they have to invent new causes (or simply re-animate old causes) to carry on the "struggle" (against reality??)
On the psychological level, I would say that the reanimation of case-closed causes compare is comparable to Necromancy. It's the act of conjuring up a ghost army of past injustices so they can pretend that whatever it is they are whining about has some sort of greater purpose than their own psycho-spiritual deficiencies.
*Yes, this is obvious sarcasm. Because of the current climate we're now in, I have to throw in these silly disclaimers. Because some people are unable to suss out sarcasm in written form, or deliberately choose to take an ultra-literal interpretation of the written material in question.
Of course many of these movements became infiltrated by leftist political activists and agitators, despite the fact that the people who founded many of these efforts were regular people who had very tangible and legitimate reasons for fighting against the government-mandated injustices of their time (i.e. actual systemic injustice). So what are leftist agitators in this current era do when they have run out of genuine causes to give their lives meaning? Fundamentally, I'm of the opinion that all leftism is fueled by angry grievances against the what is perceived to be "the system." When the legitimate grievances are addressed, the leftist runs out of issues to incessantly whine about. Thus they have to invent new causes (or simply re-animate old causes) to carry on the "struggle" (against reality??)
On the psychological level, I would say that the reanimation of case-closed causes compare is comparable to Necromancy. It's the act of conjuring up a ghost army of past injustices so they can pretend that whatever it is they are whining about has some sort of greater purpose than their own psycho-spiritual deficiencies.
*Yes, this is obvious sarcasm. Because of the current climate we're now in, I have to throw in these silly disclaimers. Because some people are unable to suss out sarcasm in written form, or deliberately choose to take an ultra-literal interpretation of the written material in question.
