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As noted above, historically the largest advances of the secular left has been through utilizing the power of the state (see: [[State atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]]).  For example, secular leftists use the power of the state to promote [[evolution]]ary ideology and to censor [[creationism|creationist]]/[[intelligent design]] models of origins (See: [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheist indoctrination]]).  

As noted above, historically the largest advances of the secular left has been through utilizing the power of the state (see: [[State atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]]).  For example, secular leftists use the power of the state to promote [[evolution]]ary ideology and to censor [[creationism|creationist]]/[[intelligent design]] models of origins (See: [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheist indoctrination]]).  

Although the secular left has made some significant recent gains in the [[culture war]] (for example, the legalization of [[same-sex marriage|homosexual marriages]] in many Western nations), the historian Martin Van Crevel points out that sovereign states are losing power/influence due to technology democratizing access to information, welfare states increasingly failing, [[fourth-generation warfare]] being waged against countries and sovereign states increasingly losing their ability to maintain internal order.<ref>[The Fate of the State] by MARTIN VAN CREVELD

Although the secular left has made some significant recent gains in the [[culture war]] (for example, the legalization of [[same-sex marriage|homosexual marriages]] in many Western nations), the historian Martin Van Crevel points out that sovereign states are losing power/influence due to technology democratizing access to information, welfare states increasingly failing, [[fourth-generation warfare]] being waged against countries and sovereign states increasingly losing their ability to maintain internal order.<ref>[http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/96spring/creveld.htm The Fate of the State] by MARTIN VAN CREVELD

*[http://www.albertmohler.com/2015/04/07/this-is-how-religious-liberty-dies-the-new-rules-of-the-secular-left/ https://www.sonshi.com/martin-van-creveld-interview.html Martin van Creveld interview]

*[http://www.albertmohler.com/2015/04/07/this-is-how-religious-liberty-dies-the-new-rules-of-the-secular-left/ https://www.sonshi.com/martin-van-creveld-interview.html Martin van Creveld interview]

*[The New Rules of the Secular Left] by [[Albert Mohler]], Jr.</ref>  

*[The New Rules of the Secular Left] by [[Albert Mohler]], Jr.</ref>