28. (part one) The leftist of the oversocialized type tries to get off his psychological leash and assert his autonomy by rebelling. But usually he is not strong enough to rebel against the most basic values of society.
Generally speaking, the goals of today's leftists are NOT in conflict with the accepted morality.
On the contrary, the left takes an accepted moral principle, adopts it as its own, and then accuses mainstream society of violating that principle.
Examples:
• racial equality
• equality of the sexes
• helping poor people
• peace as opposed to war
• nonviolence generally
• freedom of expression
• kindness to animals
More fundamentally, the duty of the individual to serve society and the duty of society to take care of the individual.
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West Coast Action 27. We argue that a very important and influential segment of the modern left is oversocialized and that their oversocialization is of great importance in determining the direction of modern leftism. Leftists of the oversocialized type tend to be intellectuals…
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