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> the far-left are running newsrooms, universities, associations, corporations, public education, etc. Perhaps, but elite opinions in those sorts of highly-dev
by 0815test 7y ago
> the far-left are running newsrooms, universities, associations, corporations, public education, etc.
Perhaps, but elite opinions in those sorts of highly-developed, urban institutions have been dominated by the "left" side of the political spectrum since we've had a recognizable left-right (or 'progressive-conservative') split. Cthulhu swims slowly but he always swims left, there's nothing new under the sun. Of course many people think that today's left is too radical for its own good, but I wouldn't know how to even start to counter that tendency - and, again, you could say similar things about radicalism on the right - I remember what the Tea Party grassroots movement was like in the early 2000s, and there was nothing like the total craziness we see today!
- weberc2 7y agoI'm not sure if you missed my distinction between far-left and moderate-left or if I'm misunderstanding something about your response. I agree that these institutions have long been left-of-center, but they used to be liberal (in the sense that they favored things like free speech and heterodoxy and opposed things like discrimination based on immutable characteristics). I object to the vehemently illiberal wing of the left (and right, but as previously mentioned, apart from the anomaly that is the presidency, the illiberal right is largely marginalized).