"All the worth which the human being possesses, all spiritual reality, he possesses only through the State."



-- 19th century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (pictured below). Hegel is the most influential philosopher of the Left -- inspiring Karl Marx, the American "Progressives" of the early 20th century and university socialists to this day.











"For a hundred years or more the defining division in politics, in Britain and elsewhere, was about the role of the state. Essentially progressives believed in its ability to improve society; Conservatives feared its interference stifled personal liberty.



-- Anthony Blair, Labour Party Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (2006)







"To me, conservative means believing in a minimum amount of government and a maximum amount of freedom -- and keeping government out of people's lives and business -- and leaving people alone,"

-- Lyn Nofziger, long-time U.S. Republican insider (2005)

THE ROOT CAUSES OF POLITICAL LEFTISM







By John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.)

{Parenthesis: I am not sure that there are ANY people who are completely happy with the world as it is (I know of none) but, if they exist, they are not concerned about politics. So how they vote has to be speculative. It would make some sense to claim that they vote conservative when called upon to vote -- as they would not be able to find much in common with the constant complaint that is the mark of the Leftist -- but on the other hand perhaps they simply vote for whatever seems fashionable or popular at the time: Many of the Obama voters of 2008, perhaps?}

two major sources of Leftism

http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/42197/20151027-0014/jonjayray.com/