I started to write about the political emphasis placed on child care and aged care. Both aimed at liberating mothers and fathers from caring for their families, so they could work.
The political left crusades to enable every adult to enter the workforce. They do this by making more and more money available to voters – isn’t that kind?
How do you get mothers back to work? Pay to have their children and their aged parents cared for by others.
Never mind the destruction of the family as a nurturing place for young and old.
But it is more than that. Exploiting apparent inequalities as a political practice is effective in getting sympathy votes. How can it be wrong?
The moral high ground of the Social Justice Warrior is: Emancipation is an ongoing process. It is a moral duty to address remaining inequalities. We must create a more just and equitable society for all.
The political opportunity of exploiting the moral of disadvantage is a battle based on sentiment, not intellect.
That fallacy is the cudgel used – it’s not equal, that’s not fair! Everyone must have equal rights…
The Left has become the champion of the voteless people. Championing equality for the poor, people of colour, women, homosexuals, the aged and the disabled engenders lifelong electoral support. So virtuous!
It’s the gift that keeps on giving, because things will never be equal for everybody…
Of course this is only possible in democracies. If you step out of line in China, Russia, Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe, Venezuela or most Middle Eastern countries, there is a high probability that you will disappear or die.
The opponents of democracies: totalitarian, Islamist, kleptocratic regimes actively support and agitate for “Social Justice” in western democracies.
It is a great way to maintain ongoing disruption and antipathy in societies.
This didn’t go where I was thinking of going… but it still says something about what I think…
Jonah Goldberg
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