Kevin Williamson thinks that the increasing insanity and intolerance of dissent of the left are signs that we have reached Peak Leftism.
I hope so, but I’m not so sure. They seem to me to be signs that the left is just finally consolidating its victories. What we’re seeing is their total control of the educational system, the communications system, corporations and the state manifesting itself in ever greater displays of raw power—enacting insanity, marginalizing the sane.
One can hope that this will provoke a backlash, but it’s hard to imagine where it would come from and how it would be effective when, as one commenter said, “The Left doesn't need to persuade you. They have your children, and you will be gone soon enough.”
Maybe something new will come up and surprise us all, but right now, the right looks … old. The left doesn't have any new ideas, but they're emboldened because they think they can win consistently without any compromise with the right.
Perhaps this is a symptom of the rise of the internet and social media, which have deprived a generation of the ability to think deeply and independently. They only feel, and they do so with an eye on the mob that’s watching them. You would think they would be kicking against the constraints of PC, but I'm not seeing it. (But I'm almost certainly not looking in the right places.)
I don’t know. The hope would be that the left will, at some point, cross a bridge too far and, make normal people become hostile, or at the very least, cynical about the latest cause for justice and equality. But if insisting that Bruce Jenner is actually a woman isn’t a bridge too far, I don’t know what is.
It may be that reality will only reassert itself when we burn through the advantages of our wealth and technology. Women on submarines and societal accolades for sexual misfits are luxuries you can only afford when you’re not facing real scarcity or an enemy who is a real threat.
