Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Motives and Lies for Self-Aggrandizement
One of the left's prime motivations is to simply wear the laurels of elitism. They resent capitalism and the capitalist elite that rises to power from the hourly democratic votes of free-market choice. They wish to replace this result of free and individual choice with the drab authoritarian planning of an intellectual elite (themselves), placed in power by "revolution" (force) and maintained by coercion.
A capitalist feels no need to claim a motive beyond the mere acquisition of wealth (usually hoping to also do something they enjoy in the process). A leftist's claimed motive is always some holier-than-thou posturing of self-sacrifice – to "help the poor and oppressed." A leftist's true motives are, in fact, baser than that of an average capitalist. The bottom line for a capitalist is…the bottom line (material wealth). For a leftist, it is raw power and authority over other's lives and the course of all human events.
As is always the case,true motives speak louder than words.
