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Atheism Causes Socialism

The New Left Worships Losers

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Atheism Causes Socialism

Everyone asks and answers what I call the fundamental questions of life. Some of these questions include, "Who am I?" "Where did I come from?" "Is there meaning and purpose?" "Is life fair?" "What happens when I die?"

How a person answers these fundamental questions of life helps shape his or her paradigm. A paradigm is a mental image of how the world works. Everyone has a concept or mental image of how the world is and how the world works. To illustrate, most Christians have a paradigm that imagines God creating us and working to save us. Most Atheists have a paradigm where there is no God and everything happens by chance with no meaning or purpose. The point is, everyone seeks answers to whatever fundamental questions of life are most important to them and those answers tend to shape their concept of how the world is and how it works (their paradigm).

Add fundamental needs of life and you get a powerful driving force. Fundamental needs of life are expressed in many psychological studies but Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs may be the most famous. (Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and personality. New York: Harper and Row. Maslow, A. H. (1962).) Maslow postulated that once the needs for survival (food, water, air, shelter) safety and love are met, a person moves up the hierarchy to meaning and purpose (self-esteem).

People with paradigms low on meaning or purpose (self-esteem) still have a driving need for meaning and purpose. Many of these people turn to causes to satisfy this need. The people with a Christian paradigm often find meaning and purpose in doing things for God. The atheist paradigm might find meaning and purpose in saving the whales, polar bears, spotted owls, or the entire planet, from climate change. They might find meaning in political causes or in making a difference in the Peace Corp or Habitat for Humanity. These people with paradigms that do not offer much meaning or purpose, are predisposed to adopt causes for meaning fulfillment.

Here is the problem with getting your self-esteem from causes. It is a psychological trap. Causes makes you view the world in terms of victims and oppressors. The polar bears are victims and oil companies that "are destroying the environment" are the oppressors. If you choose to see yourself as a champion of the victims, you fall into the trap. Once your paradigm sees the world in terms of victims and oppressors and you are the champion of the oppressed, you inescapably side with the underdog over and against the successful and/or winners. You inescapably become the enemy of the successful. This is why people who are cause-based must end up hating America.

The Democrat party chose to do identity politics which, in other words, was becoming the champion of the oppressed. The Democrat Party sees themselves as champions of the oppressed which inescapably causes them to align with the underdog and oppose anything successful. This is why the Democrats must eventually hate America. America is the most successful nation in the history of mankind – the ultimate evil oppressor.

Once you see yourself as the champion of the victims, you see oppression everywhere. Women are victims of oppression from men, minorities are victims of oppression from whites, gays are victims of oppression from straights, the poor are victims of oppression from the rich, and so on. A vicious circle is created. A paradigm without much meaning predisposes a person to adopt causes to find meaning (self-esteem) which predisposes them see the world in terms of victims and oppressors which causes them to side with the victim over and against the successful and winners. This reinforces the cycle of paradigm, meaning and opposition. Hating America is an inescapable result.

In summary, we view Socialist and Communist movements of the past and say, "Oh, look, they are generally atheistic in their views and values. Religion is the opiate of the masses." Therefore, we often think of atheism as a characteristic of Socialism and Communism. In fact, psychologically, atheism is the inherent cause of Socialism and Communism.

There is a paradigm (concept of how the world is and works) that contains certain beliefs that are characteristic of liberals. In order to differentiate this paradigm from classical liberalism, I will call it the paradigm of the New Left. Four of the most disturbing beliefs are illustrated below.

First, the New Left paradigm contains a belief that it is acceptable, right, and necessary to control other people. There are two kinds of people in the world. There are proponents of freedom and there are controllers. For example, if a conservative decides he does not like guns, he does not buy one. If a liberal decides he does not like guns, he does not buy one and wants all guns confiscated from everyone. If a conservative decides to avoid eating meat, he does not eat meat. If a liberal decides to not eat meat, he lectures everyone about the inhumane treatment of animals and wants laws passed to prevent others from eating meat. The first belief of the New Left is that they have the right to control and make choices for other people.

Second, the New Left believes they have a right to silence free speech. Any idea that disagrees with their paradigm or agenda must be hate speech because they are offended by it. Socialism is the dumbest idea on the planet and thinking people can see through it and mount effective arguments to dismantle it. The only strategy against having Socialism eviscerated intellectually is to never allow the discussion of ideas in the first place. Hence, any idea that disagrees with the New Left must be branded hate speech and silenced.

Third, the New Left believes that they have the right to never be offended. This comes from an over-active entitlement mentality brought on by helicopter mothers and terminal coddling. Universities have created safe zones where students do not have to deal with opposing ideas. This is a ploy to silence conservative speech on campus but students bought the lie and have taken the lie into the real world. They think the real world must play by their rules and never offend them.

The other side of eliminating free speech and never being offended is the cancel culture. If you say something that offends someone else, the New Left joins forces to eliminate you job, your reputation, your online life and more. Ten people will accuse you of rape and sexual harassment. Anyone who knows you is suspect. Look at Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen admitted being friends with former President Bush and her own staff rose up to condemn her as being harassing and whatever else. They eat their own.

Fourth, the New Left believes laws are like morals, they only apply sometimes and never if I want to change them. Their paradigm is so controlled by "the end justifies the means" that rules or laws are irrelevant. If you do not accept a higher moral code, and believe all morals are man-made suggestions that do not apply to every situation, then why are laws any different? Laws are for other people.

In summary, the New Left believes absurd things that have no basis in reality. The tenets of the New Left have nothing to do with surviving the next winter or being successful or productive. The New Left wants to feel good and have overblown self-esteem. They get that by promoting their causes which includes fighting oppressors. Anyone who is successful or is a winner is an oppressor. The New Left supports losers.