Why they lie
20 Feb '19 18:472 editsToday, in a welcome exposition, Dennis Prager makes the very same point about the contemporary enemies of America.
1. "Why does the left lie?
There are two main reasons.
One is that leftists deem their goals more important than telling the truth.
2. For example, every honest economist knows women do not earn 20 percent less money than men for the same work done for the same amount of hours under the same conditions. Yet leftists repeat the lie that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn. Why any employers would hire men when they could hire women and get the same amount of work done at the same level of excellence for the same number of hours while saving 20 cents on the dollar is a question only God or the sphinx could answer.
3. ...when New York Times columnists write this nonsense, do they believe it? The answer is they don't ask themselves, "Is it true?" They ask themselves, "Does the claim help promote the left-wing doctrine that women are oppressed?" Whatever serves that end is morally justified.
4. The second reason is leftism is rooted in feelings, not reason or truth. From Karl Marx to Bernie Sanders, left-wing preference for socialism over capitalism is entirely rooted in emotion. Only capitalism creates wealth. Socialism merely spends what capitalism creates. Do leftists not know this? Even if they know it, the emotional pull of socialism prevails. And what of the lies about Europe being socialist? Last I checked, government did not run industry the way that true socialist countries like Venezuela and North Korea do. What kind of variant socialism people like Bernie and AOC speak of, God only knows.
5. Do leftists believe there are more than two sexes? Of course not. That's why they renamed "sex" "gender" -- and then redefined "gender" to mean whatever one wants it to mean. Additionally, they insist that wanting to become another gender is not a disorder, no, it's dysphoria, as if that is any different. Makes no sense.
So then, on the left, truth is subservient to two higher values: doctrine and emotion.
Do those on the left believe their lies?"
Explaining the Left, Part VI: Do Leftists Believe What They Say?
6. "Do leftists believe global warming will destroy the world as we know it in 12 years, as recently suggested by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Here's a simple proof that the left is lying about the imminent threat of global warming to civilization: Leftists don't support nuclear power. It is simply not possible to believe fossil fuel emissions will destroy the world and, at the same time, oppose nuclear power.
Nuclear power is clean and safe. Sweden, a model country for leftists, meets 40 percent of its energy needs with nuclear power. If you were certain you were terminally ill yet decline a medicine that is guaranteed to cure you, the rest of us would have every reason to assume you didn't really believe you were terminally ill."
But alas, their appeal is that they smile and say that they want to take from the rich and give to the poor, a universal appeal that even Hitler exploited. Then accuse your opponents of doing everything you are doing, such as lying, which is what Joe Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, was a professional at doing.
But do we really believe that now "rich" people like AOC and Bernie Sanders really want to share their wealth with people like me?
Hell no!
1. "Why does the left lie?
There are two main reasons.
One is that leftists deem their goals more important than telling the truth.
2. For example, every honest economist knows women do not earn 20 percent less money than men for the same work done for the same amount of hours under the same conditions. Yet leftists repeat the lie that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn. Why any employers would hire men when they could hire women and get the same amount of work done at the same level of excellence for the same number of hours while saving 20 cents on the dollar is a question only God or the sphinx could answer.
3. ...when New York Times columnists write this nonsense, do they believe it? The answer is they don't ask themselves, "Is it true?" They ask themselves, "Does the claim help promote the left-wing doctrine that women are oppressed?" Whatever serves that end is morally justified.
4. The second reason is leftism is rooted in feelings, not reason or truth. From Karl Marx to Bernie Sanders, left-wing preference for socialism over capitalism is entirely rooted in emotion. Only capitalism creates wealth. Socialism merely spends what capitalism creates. Do leftists not know this? Even if they know it, the emotional pull of socialism prevails. And what of the lies about Europe being socialist? Last I checked, government did not run industry the way that true socialist countries like Venezuela and North Korea do. What kind of variant socialism people like Bernie and AOC speak of, God only knows.
5. Do leftists believe there are more than two sexes? Of course not. That's why they renamed "sex" "gender" -- and then redefined "gender" to mean whatever one wants it to mean. Additionally, they insist that wanting to become another gender is not a disorder, no, it's dysphoria, as if that is any different. Makes no sense.
So then, on the left, truth is subservient to two higher values: doctrine and emotion.
Do those on the left believe their lies?"
Explaining the Left, Part VI: Do Leftists Believe What They Say?
6. "Do leftists believe global warming will destroy the world as we know it in 12 years, as recently suggested by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Here's a simple proof that the left is lying about the imminent threat of global warming to civilization: Leftists don't support nuclear power. It is simply not possible to believe fossil fuel emissions will destroy the world and, at the same time, oppose nuclear power.
Nuclear power is clean and safe. Sweden, a model country for leftists, meets 40 percent of its energy needs with nuclear power. If you were certain you were terminally ill yet decline a medicine that is guaranteed to cure you, the rest of us would have every reason to assume you didn't really believe you were terminally ill."
But alas, their appeal is that they smile and say that they want to take from the rich and give to the poor, a universal appeal that even Hitler exploited. Then accuse your opponents of doing everything you are doing, such as lying, which is what Joe Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, was a professional at doing.
But do we really believe that now "rich" people like AOC and Bernie Sanders really want to share their wealth with people like me?
Hell no!
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