The bizarre progressive policies of releasing vicious criminals, maintaining a weak foreign policy, promoting hyperinflationary actions, encouraging racial division, and eliminating border safeguards have a common theme.
Those concepts are certainly and provably irrational. Since the onset of “defund the Police” and “no cash bail,” crime has risen dramatically. As America has followed the path of “leading from behind,” Russia has invaded Ukraine, Hamas has slaughtered innocents in the Middle East, North Korea has resumed full missile and nuclear arms testing, and China has pressured its neighbors. Despite electing a black president and mayors of color in major American cities, race relations have been pushed back decades due to allegations that America is a racist nation. Since most border controls were relaxed or eliminated, millions, including human traffickers, drug cartel members, and assorted individuals endangering national security have crossed into the U.S., bankrupting cities and states.
Behind all of those ideas is common ideology, and an equally common goal: the delegitimizing of America’s current form of government and its economic system.
President Obama famously stated that he desired to “Fundamentally transform” the country. Barely anyone in the media dared to ask,” transform it into what?” or even, what problems required drastic alteration. The U.S. had the most powerful economy. It was, at the time, the planet’s sole superpower. Racial relations were at an all-time high. Crime was largely under control.
To the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, however, none of that mattered. Far above the physical safety of the citizenry in their own communities, ending racial issues, the prosperity of families, or even the national security of the country as a whole loomed the objective of transforming America into a government based on socialist principles, dominated by a vastly empowered central authority controlling most facets of daily life.
A clear example can be seen in the environmental policies pursued by progressives. Most of the solutions they propose to the challenges they discuss in this area have little to do with the issue itself, but everything to do with ending capitalism. It is another example of irrationality. It is clear that socialist societies are far worse stewards of the planet than their capitalist counterparts. As pointed out by Foundation for Economic Education, in a comparison of East Germany’s environmental actions as opposed to its western counterpart:
- In 1989, the GDR emitted more than three times as much CO2 for each unit of GDP than the Federal Republic (West Germany). In 1988, the GDR emitted 10 times as much sulphur dioxide per km2 as the Federal Republic. Almost half of the GDR’s major rivers were biologically dead in 1989 and 70 per cent were no longer allowed to be used for drinking water. Nearly half of the GDR’s residents received no clean drinking water.
Similarly, Science Direct found that “On a national scale, we found that North Korea experienced 6.7, 17.8, and 20.6 times greater amounts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and carbon monoxide (CO) per unit primary energy supply (PES) than South Korea from 2005 to 2018.”
But to Progressives in the U.S., capitalism is bad for the planet and should be replaced by socialism.
To the left, America’s leadership role across the globe is unacceptable. That is why they oppose adequate defense budgets and favor Washington’s enemies over its friends. Despite their stated support for gay and women’s rights, they favor appeasing Iran, the worst offender of those concepts. Despite their self-description of being humanitarian, they have vigorously favored Hamas over Israel.
Progressive leaders fully realize that their policies cannot standup to examination, and so they quickly label opponents with absurd labels, crying “racist” or “climate denier” to anyone who dares to use facts during a debate.