The Sovietization of American Life By Victor Davis Hanson

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The Sovietization of American Life

Behind all our disasters there looms an ideology, a creed that ignores cause and effect in the real world—without a shred of concern for the damage done to those outside the nomenklatura.

By Victor Davis Hanson
June 5, 2022

One day historians will look back at the period beginning with the COVID lockdowns of spring 2020 through the midterm elections of 2022 to understand how America for over two years lost its collective mind and turned into something unrecognizable and antithetical to its founding principles.

“Sovietization” is perhaps the best diagnosis of the pathology. It refers to the subordination of policy, expression, popular culture, and even thought to ideological mandates. Ultimately such regimentation destroys a state since dogma wars with and defeats meritocracy, creativity, and freedom.

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[massadvj]

Brilliant essay, but then I expect nothing less from VDH. It definitely shows how bad things really are, and how systematic the decline has been. The people here, of course, have seen it coming for a long time. But now that collapse is on the horizon, that is very little consolation.

And let us not forget that the seeds of COVID tyranny were sown during the Trump era, though I think Trump realized the error before he left office. 

[Fishrrman]

I read Mr. Hanson's essay this morning, excellent.

But Victor's comments:
"It definitely shows how bad things really are, and how systematic the decline has been. The people here, of course, have seen it coming for a long time. But now that collapse is on the horizon, that is very little consolation..."

...once again bring to mind "Lurker's admonition":
"Peaceful coexistence with the left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is."