So after yesterday’s strike I made the mistake to engage with liberals about said strike and I have come to the conclusion that I might even hate them more than far right people.
With far right people at least you know what they stand for. They hate minorities, they hate socialism and they are outright saying it. It goes against everything I stand for but at least they are honest about it and in a weird way I respect their honesty.
Liberals, though, are just snakes. They act all concerned about everyone’s welfare but at the same time budget cut the ever living shit out of healthcare, education, welfare, public transport, etc. And they now have found a new standard response: ‘but what about defense???’ It’s like they are drones without independent thought and their new update made them all defense experts. And the smugness they portray when making these points is just insufferable to the point I want to punch their teeth out.
End of rant.
It’s because these people fetishize liberal democracy as the pinnacle of political systems. This what the infamous “end of history” from Fukuyama is all about. The idealization of the system leads them to rationalize its contradictions rather than honestly confronting them.
Libs will claim to care about human rights and dignity, but they always ignore structural issues like wealth concentration. Their cognitive dissonance stems from a fear that the mere acknowledgement of the flaws delegitimizes the entire system. As Wendy Brown put it, liberal democracy’s moral claims often mask its complicity in perpetuating neoliberal exploitation. When push comes to shove, they will always side with capitalist imperatives.