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Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen. -George Orwell

Sunday, June 2, 2013

INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL A TOTALITARIAN LURKS



At FrontPage Magazine they have a motto: Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out.

The magazine recently held an essay contest with this concept as the theme.  Here are the top three essays.

Inside the Progressive Mind
by N.A. Halkides
The Progressive believes in precisely two things:  his own magnificence and the constructive power of brute force.  In combination, they lead him naturally from the role of pestiferous busybody to brutal dictator.  Where the productive man dreams of the things he might create if only left alone by his fellows, the Progressive dreams of the world he could create if only the lives and property of his fellows were at his disposal.  The roots of his pathology lie in that oldest and most destructive of all human vices, the desire for the power to rule over other men.
Inside Every Liberal Is A Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out
by Oleg Atbashian
There is a reason why snobby elites on the Upper West Side of Manhattan generously donate to leftist causes and support leftist politicians. Snobs and radicals often act in accord because they are not opposites, as some believe, but rather spiritual cousins – equally despising "the bourgeois," sharing a low view of humanity as herd animals, and sorting people not on their individual merits but by color, income, occupation, ethnicity, gender, and any other characteristic except the content of their minds.
Inside Every Liberal Is A Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out
by Daniel Greenfield
The defining characteristic of tyranny is the diversion of power from the people to the unelected elite. The elite can claim to be inspired by Allah or Marx; it can act in the name of racial purity or universal workers compensation or both. The details don't matter, because in all instances, tyranny derives its justification from the superiority of the rulers and the inferiority of the people.

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