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| | '''O’Sullivan’s First Law''' describes the leftward drift of many [[politician]]s, leaders, organizations, and educational materials. First coined by John O'Sullivan in 1989, it states: "All organizations that are not actually [[right-wing]] will over time become [[left-wing]]."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030707094659/https://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/flashback-jos062603.asp O’Sullivan’s First Law], [[National Review]]</ref><ref>This law is also known as Robert Conquest's Second Law of Politics. [https://www.isegoria.net/2008/07/robert-conquests-three-laws-of-politics/]</ref> | | '''O’Sullivan’s First Law''' describes the leftward drift of many [[politician]]s, leaders, organizations, and educational materials. First coined by John O'Sullivan in 1989, it states: "All organizations that are not actually [[right-wing]] will over time become [[left-wing]]."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030707094659/https://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/flashback-jos062603.asp O’Sullivan’s First Law], [[National Review]]</ref><ref>This law is also known as Robert Conquest's Second Law of Politics. [https://www.isegoria.net/2008/07/robert-conquests-three-laws-of-politics/]</ref> |
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| − | One -- and only one -- possible counterexample: [[Twitter]] and its acquisition by [[Elon Musk]]. The [[U.S. Constitution]] uniquely prevents [[liberal creep]] from happening to the [[United States]] overall, based on [[federalism]], [[separation of powers]], and the guarantee of [[freedom of speech]]. | + | One -- and only one -- possible counterexample: [[Twitter]] and its acquisition by [[Elon Musk]]. Also, the [[U.S. Constitution]] uniquely prevents [[liberal creep]] from happening to the [[United States]] overall, based on [[federalism]], [[separation of powers]], and the guarantee of [[freedom of speech]]. |
| | ==Examples== | | ==Examples== |
| | *the [[NFL]] originally banned football games on [[Christmas]] to respect family time and the holyday; but now it airs wall-to-wall, [[gambling]]-promoting games on Christmas. | | *the [[NFL]] originally banned football games on [[Christmas]] to respect family time and the holyday; but now it airs wall-to-wall, [[gambling]]-promoting games on Christmas. |
| | *[[Harvard]] was founded to "know [[God]] and [[Jesus Christ]],"<ref>https://www.allabouthistory.org/history-of-harvard.htm</ref> but was later taken over by [[atheistic]] [[liberal]]s. | | *[[Harvard]] was founded to "know [[God]] and [[Jesus Christ]],"<ref>https://www.allabouthistory.org/history-of-harvard.htm</ref> but was later taken over by [[atheistic]] [[liberal]]s. |
| | + | *Prosperous states like [[California]] were successful under [[conservative]] leadership (Cal. Gov. [[Ronald Reagan]]), but [[liberal]]s take them over and ruin them. |
| | *The Rhodes scholarship program was established to reward leadership potential and athletic achievement, but over time has been distorted to advance a [[Leftist]] agenda without even requiring athletic accomplishment,<ref>https://www.revolver.news/2021/11/rhodes-scholar-diversity-laughingstock-part-two/</ref> as in the case of pro-[[homosexual agenda]] [[Pete Buttigieg]] who was awarded this scholarship without any significant athletic achievement. | | *The Rhodes scholarship program was established to reward leadership potential and athletic achievement, but over time has been distorted to advance a [[Leftist]] agenda without even requiring athletic accomplishment,<ref>https://www.revolver.news/2021/11/rhodes-scholar-diversity-laughingstock-part-two/</ref> as in the case of pro-[[homosexual agenda]] [[Pete Buttigieg]] who was awarded this scholarship without any significant athletic achievement. |
| | *[[Southwest Airlines]] thrived by giving freedom to its fun-loving workforce, but was apparently taken over by [[tyranny|tyrants]] who then mandated the [[COVID vaccine]] for all workers despite protests by employees. | | *[[Southwest Airlines]] thrived by giving freedom to its fun-loving workforce, but was apparently taken over by [[tyranny|tyrants]] who then mandated the [[COVID vaccine]] for all workers despite protests by employees. |