{"id":293,"date":"2021-02-19T15:48:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2023-05-19T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:38:41","slug":"the-problem-with-the-left","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/the-problem-with-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Some problems with &#8220;the left&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my favourite all time speakers is Jordan Peterson.  He is a very deliberately deep thinker, a true intellect.  One of my favourite talks is this one on &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8UVUnUnWfHI\">The problem of the left &#8211; Post-modern Marxism<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the biggest problem of the left is that there is a huge ignorance of history which makes them prone to blindly wander toward a <strong>totalitarian state<\/strong> where <strong>freedom of thought no longer exists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Absurdity of Socialism | Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin #CLIP\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpjCca9Beww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Truth About Communism\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VIU8WAFixWs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Cleese talks creativity, freedom of speech and blacklisting himself from Cambridge University\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qmQ9_stT2Kc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Hitchens | Progressives Ignore Evidence | #CLIP\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VVmMajuo9_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Why Black Lives don&#8217;t really matter to the &#8220;left&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Black Lives Truly Matter | Magatte Wade | EP 271\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o74rQmLRqtA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\">European Emissions Tragets will destroy European Farmers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"There is a &#039;deafening media silence&#039; on global protests\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lG660H1JjWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite all time speakers is Jordan Peterson. He is a very deliberately deep thinker, a true intellect. 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