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Ideas for Reforming the Left: Part I

A return to the original left-worker ideas would make him a much more serious opponent of the right.

The left around the world is on the run. Its hypocritical double standards towards minorities on the one hand and the indigenous population on the other have led to its total discrediting in the eyes of the average voter, who still counts himself among the indigenous white, Christian, heterosexual, bisexual-identifying Western population. In the US, the expected blue democratic wave, supposedly due to the racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and heteronormativity of Donald Trump, does not seem likely to materialize in the fall. In Europe, over the past two years, left-wing governments have been falling one by one. One step forward, two steps back.

In today's post-crisis context, caused by the left's fetish for power and big politics, and which has crushed the spirit and security of the white man in the developed world, leftist policies seem too much about the over-indebted middle-class worker whose taxes will have to pay for them. Against the backdrop of all this, there doesn't seem to be any salvation for the left from falling out of relevance that is more balanced than the far-left Marxism preached by Jeremy Corbyn's British Labour Party. And yet there is. The author, the EQUIP and all other right-wing people would be very happy if the debate with the left wasn't at this polarized level on fundamental issues for our civilization, set as if by spite. Dear leftists - here's how you can become likable again:

1. No SJW pathos and unnecessary dramatization

The left movement began 300 years ago as a resistance to the gains and privileges of the aristocracy. They were not necessarily the embodiment of talent or hard work, but of a legacy that could hardly be justified by the years of the establishment of the “Divine Right of the Founding Kings” and their attendant cronies, who later became nobles. Since then, the main postulate of the left has been equality of opportunity. This motto has degenerated into equality of outcome.

There is no way the trick with the oppressed minorities, who should be helped with our money, because of their historical oppression, can go on forever. Unfortunately, we live in a world where the personal problems of each of us have deepened after the 2008 crisis, especially of a professional nature. There is no longer any job security. Most of the newly created jobs in the US after the crisis are low-paid, part-time jobs in the service sector. This is the reason why, despite the lowest unemployment in 50 years, employment there is barely budging. Europe still cannot reach the levels of unemployment from before the crisis.

Against the backdrop of you dealing with some fictional minorities like transsexuals and gender non-oriented people, whose share in society is a pinch of a percentage, and shoving them in our faces as if everything else is fine - this cannot but affect our perception of the rest of your policies. Or you cover up sexual violence against minors by people of migrant origin so that they don't accuse you of racism. Have a position on these topics, but don't let it be the main one and distance yourself from the noisy colored members at the end of your spectrum who only trumpet their own.

2. Forget about bringing in migrants

People are tired of seeing their communities being undermined by the influx of individuals with whom they share worlds. For decades, the left has been working for the demographic replacement of the West by easing migration restrictions for people from the Third World. Traditionally, the left-wing policies of the local population are mainly voted for by the young (18-25 years old), but they gradually shift to the right as they get older, after they start paying taxes and loans for a car, a house, its furnishings, and as a result, they begin to become very suspicious of any left-wing whim and adventure that could worsen their financial situation. And most are naturally ambitious, to imagine life only on social assistance.

However, people from the Global South are a much more reliable voting base and have no qualms about spending generations on the state's payroll for sums many times higher than the average wages in their home countries. This is due to the hot climate in these places, which is unfavorable for active labor, which leads to an instinct to avoid hard work. When a person has not achieved much (or even nothing) of his own, it is much easier to desire what his neighbor has accumulated. Multiply this tendency by a million in evolutionary terms. This is also confirmed by Mexicans, Arabs, and Africans. Representatives of all three groups, generation after generation, vote many times more to the left than local whites.

This is why Cleveland, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, which supported Obama in 2012, ultimately gave Trump victory in 2016. These are former industrial states, part of the so-called “rust belt” where the white working class predominates, and where there has been a steady influx of illegal Mexican immigrants since then, bringing crime with them. By declaring yourself for the preservation of communities, dear leftists, you can become the darlings of these people again.

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About Slavcho Marinov

Slavcho Marinov holds a BA in Financial Economics from the University of Essex in the UK. He is currently pursuing a MA in Banking Management at the New Bulgarian University. A former financial media figure, Slavcho has extensive experience in covering and commenting on the economic news of the day. He has a strong interest in macroeconomics, economic efficiency, production process optimization and game theory. He is among the winners of economic essay competitions of a number of organizations, including the Bulgarian Macroeconomic Association, the Bulgarian Libertarian Society and the Atanas Burov Foundation.

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