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That was pretty good. The problem with the left is they think they themselves are holding the laser. It is not them but the elitists holding the laser. They are the kitten chasing the red dot - the mob. The red dot is the individual and that is the target. The left does not think in terms of the individual it thinks in terms of the collective. The wall is important not the brick. Humanity is important not the individual. BLM is important not individual Blacks. BLM does not concern itself with Black on Black murder rates in Chicago or Black policemen that are killed by "peaceful protesters". Feminists are important to feminists not individual women.

The importance of the US constitution is it protects the individual not groups or organizations like government. The basic unit of any society; the individual, is held sacrosanct. Socialism is about the collective and has been rejected but has weaseled its way into society tearing down the founding principles of the magna carta and the US Constitution. It is never the individual they help. It is the poor with welfare and healthcare insurance. It is the racial and cultural minorities they protect. All of those groups would be afforded protections if the rights of individuals were protected. It is the rights of individuals that will make a productive society that can produce abundance, enough to care for the poor and needy. Only when wealth and abundance is stolen can they not provide and when taxes are burdensome enough abundance cannot be created and the society becomes cruel and tyrannical.

The individual can have whatever biases and prejudices he wants but he must respect the rights of other individuals. It is the individual thatis the weakest and most vulnerable in society. The socialist believes it is the poor, racial and cultural minorities, women, the old, the very young, the sick, whatever group you care to identify and label. but they would all be safe if the right of the individual were protected and that were the primary mandate of the State.

Nothing new. Long before "Rules for Radicals" politics has been using the tactic of misdirection. As one wag put it when asked how to succeed in politics: "Call the other guy a pig fucker and let him do the denying." Doesn't matter it it is true or not for the effect will be the same.
One problem for both lefties and righties is how they are going to their brand to the not yet converted. The converted are, well... already converted and kinda "truth proof", or "lie proof" (depending on your point of view.)
Another problem is how is one to tell who is telling them the truth? For me it is usually obvious which side is lying. The liars are almost always the ones that also want to limit your ability to figure out what is true and what is bullshit. The liars are the ones that want to defund public education.

There’s a lot of wisdom in the idea that they understand that the path to power is to exploit your generous assumption about them.

When you try to analyze typical arguments from the left, I think they fall into several distinct categories:

Stupidity—Socialism would work fine if it was properly implemented.

Misguided intentions— Don’t you think we have an obligation to do something about inequality?

Resentment—There’s plenty of money in this country; it’s just in the wrong hands.

Low-information bubble—I’ve never heard that from Rachel Maddow.

Power—you shouldn’t be allowed / should be forced to do that.

What unites all these underlying motivators is the notable absence of logic. Objective truth, and it’s foundation, facts, plays no role in their conclusions. This can certainly look like a gaggle of lies, but, except for the the lust for power, it’s possible the rest don’t think they are lying about why they think what they think.

That’s what happens when feelings supersede facts in ones world view. You end up believing whatever makes you feel better about yourself, and at the same time makes you feel morally and ethically superior to those who oppose you.

And then we learn that when tucker Carlson is banging his fist on the table and breathlessly ranting on how Comey lied and Hillary smashed her hard-drive (the red dot that we chase in vain lie that kitten), it is on the very day that Newsmax is informing us of where to attend a rally to stop the election theft.
Fox news is in on the left's globalism. On the very moment when Fox is needed to lead the patriots, they are announcing Biden won Arizona with only twelve percent of votes counted. And Tucker is then outraged over something about Islam that day.

Today's Leftist are flat out psychopaths. You do not debate them. You ECT them