Woke Is Authoritarian, The Left Is Now The Right

 

I'm old enough to remember the dawn of the hippe movement and shortly before that, though I was at the beginning of my teens at the time, the growth of the civil rights movement. These two things were connected by a collective desire of the part of their followers to create a society free from injustice and inequality, in which traditional prejudices did not define people.  Those laudable aims have, in a few decades, morphed into the excesses of progressive thinking and the screeching authoritarianism of the 'woke' movement and its ideology. The fact that politicians ranging from Ron DeSantis to Rishi Sunak deploy “woke” as a battle cry against pressure groups who hold that on any issue there is only one acceptable opinion and only one correct way of thinking. Not only conservatives and classical liberals (like myself,) but many socialists are increasingly uneasy with the form it has taken.

The woke discourse today is confusing because while it appeals to traditional left wing values: empathy for the marginalised, indignation at the plight of the oppressed, determination that historical wrongs can be righted, it adopts many of the tactics favoured by tyrants and totalitarian regimes in trying to win its arguments.  Thus the high minded principles are undermined by a range of theoretical assumptions — usually expressed as self-evident truths — that ultimately undermine them.

The concept of unity or universalism once defined the Left; solidarity was its watchword and the idea that the common bond of our shared humanity overrode considerations of nationality, race and religious affiliations distinguished it from the Right, which recognised no universal connections, and few real obligations, to anyone outside its own circle. 

The Left claimed there was only one race, the human race. Being a socialist or a liberal meant: caring about striking coal miners in Wales, or Republican volunteers in Spain, or freedom fighters in Africa, the ruination of good land by strip mining, the pollution of seas and rivers therough unregulated dumping of waste, and the exploitation of the many by the few. What united the left was the conviction that behind all the differences of time and space which separate us, human beings are deeply connected in a wealth of ways. To say that histories and geographies affect us is trivial. To say they determine us is false.

Going all in on racially and socially divisive identity politics, making everything political, and making politics itself a zero sum game had to end badly  Followers of the 'woke' ideology loudly and aggrssively declared everyone not aligned with their way of thinking as enemies to be marginalised and 'cancelled' (excluded from social activity,) they shouted down anyone who tried to warn that the path they are on is dangerously authoritarian. Even now, with pushbacks growing stronger every day, they  still seem incapable of truly understanding the Law of Unintended Consequences or the corruption of power. “Authoritarian tendencies?” “Undermining democracy?” That is what the progressive movement with its 'woke' ideology, have been doing! 

Much of the Classical Liberal Left has already abandoned them. They are called “far-right” now by the modern left even though they were not the ones who decided they love corporate power, political establishments, authoritarianism, hating on the rural and global poor and their innate conservatism. 

Progressives have abandoned the philosophical ideas that are central to any liberal or Left-wing standpoint: a commitment to universalism over tribalism.

As a liberal I was always cautious about such principles as unregulated immigration and the abolition of principles, simply because sometimes pragmatism must outweigh idealism, but even so many like me felt the progressive cause was a necessary and sometimes even admirable part of our politics. But now?

Now, progressivism has become more associated with the behaviour of Atilla the Hun. The only way to stop this new fascism, (an accurate description of what it is) is forcefully – just as force historically has always had to be deployed against fascism in all its many forms – both Left and Right

I don’t think the distinction we should pay attention to is between tribalism and universalism, but between authoritarianism and genuine liberalism. There are and always have been authoritarians out there in society, and what sham philosophies they parrot are always just the tools they’re trying to use at any given time to get and keep power. Presently, they’re pretending to be Progressives, but the censorship, government control – including violence – and infliction of their mandates by way of public shaming just shows them to be the same old wolves in lambs’ clothing. The trend in history leads in fits and starts and occasional reverses against them, and gosh do they hate that. They’re just mean and always have been. 

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Latest Act In The Shakespearean Comedy 'The Merry Whores Of Westminster'

So Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after only 44 days in office, thus reducing British politics, once noted for its stability and the level headed and respectful was in which political business was conducted to the commedia dell'arte that passes for democratic government in Italy.

It was an ignominious exit even for somebody who, though she had promised little, we expected less but in the end, to paraphrase Elton John: 'she had the grace to throw herself while those around her fall.'

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If we are honest, few people would claim they expected Truss to be a successful Prime Minister and many of us actually predicted she would only be in office for months rather than years. Was it sexism, anti - Conservative prejudice or,  pure snobbery that gave people such a negative impression of Truss, you might well ask. 

In fact it was none of these things. Liz Truss was the latest in a line of mediocre politicians, big on ambition, light on talent, experience, charisma, communications ability and interpersonal skills to worm their way into political prominence. Yet they do, quite simply they will say or do anything they believe will advance their interests, they will serve any master or often many masters simultaneously.

Consistency and principles, which ought to be essential to the delivery of government with the consent of the people, have become utterly irrelevant in politics these day - all that matters is power and the agenda they want to push forward in the interests of whichever  global corporation, financial institution or unelected cabal of billionaire psychopaths is offering the most money. Politicians have become Machiavellian creatures - supporters of 'the ends justifies the means' approach to pushing their agendas. It is undeniable that the vast majority of modern British politicians are dishonest by nature. Worse still, they cannot even tell when they are being dishonest and few actually care. 

I have now passed the point at which all trust in politics and government, including the state institutions such as the Health Service, Police, Education, the Judicial system have evaporated. Though never a Labour or Conservative or even a floating voter, I can no longer care about which bunch of crooks and liars wins the next general election because the charge of hypocrisy against both parties has lost all the power it once had which signals to me a complete breakdown in British politics as a whole.

There was a time in politics when principles and integrity were important because credibility mattered. When we stopped punishing the hypocrites in politics that was the unscrupulous and amoral benefitted and took over. Principles and consistency no longer matter when you are led by self-serving hypocrites who whore themselves around the World Economic Forum and the financial hubs of the west and east. All that remains in politics these days is tribalism and polarisation. Complex and nuanced debate has been reduced to false binaries - A is wrong because it is A, thus it is proved that B is right - at this rate it won't be long before we witness a level of politics similar to rival tribes of Chimpanzees throwing turds at each other in the House of Commons.

When we replace principles and consistency in politics then there is no longer any real credibility and what we are left with and what we are witnessing increasingly within western political leadership today which is authoritarianism.

 If we want to get back to talking about ideas in politics instead of personalities then we need to get back to principles and integrity once again, to preserve what little political credibility we have left in Britain we must get back to debating facts, elevate political dialogue based on evidence and reason, ,start fighting for ideas once again instead of personalities and crackpot ideologies  for this we need to get back to consistency and principles . If we could do that maybe then we will also see the emergence of political leadership once again.

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