Essay: The death rattles of liberalism and secular leftism

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 was a key event in the decline of secular leftism.

Terminal respiratory secretions commonly known as a death rattle, are sounds frequently produced by someone who is near death.

These are merely some death rattles of liberalism: the American media's fake news about the alleged Trump-Russia collusion; a few holdover RINOs stopping ObamaCare from being repealed; the Robert Mueller investigation and the Democrats possibly gaining some House of Representatives seats in 2018 due to GOP complacency.

Timeline of the death of liberalism and secular leftism

There is a clear pattern being seen in terms of the death of secular leftism and liberalism.

Here is a rough timeline as far as key events/trends relating to the death of secular leftism and liberalism.: Post 1970 trend of global desecularization TO Phyllis Schlafly defeating the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 TO post 1973 emergence of the United States pro-life movement TO the rapid growth of Christianity in China being partly caused by the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 TO the fall/dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 TO populist Jesse Ventura being elected in 1999 TO populist/nationalist Beppo Grillo founding the Five Star Movement in Italy in 2010 TO the decline of New Atheism and the atheist movement collapsing in 2011 TO the religious right's political ascension in Brazil in 2014 TO Brexit in 2016 TO Donald Trump being elected president of the USA in 2016 TO young people embracing Marine Le Pen in 2017 TO AFD gaining in Germany in 2017 TO right-wing victory in Austria in 2017 TO the right-wing winning in Czech Republic national election in 2017.

Acceleration of the death of secular leftism and liberalism

Secular leftism is dying fast. It is a zombie. On the other hand, we are seeing: a rise of right-wing nationalism, a resurgence of religion; a rapid growth of evangelical Christianity and a growth of Islam.

The death of secular leftism is happening at an accelerating rate - especially after Brexit. See: Acceleration of 21st century desecularization

Secular leftists, liberals and political shell shock

Secular leftists are beginning to suffer from "political shell shock"/battle fatigue (see: Secular leftists and psychogenic illness).

The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services

The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services

The Guardian reported about Brexit:

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In shrinks’ offices across the country, just as in homes, pubs and offices, people are trying to come to terms with the surprise and shock of the Brexit result. Strangers gather together to talk of how “the world is falling apart”. Many people feel transported into a dystopian Britain that they “do not recognise, cannot understand”. Thousands are hatching plans to leave the country. Social media are full of suddenly violent flaming between former friends. Therapists everywhere are reporting shockingly elevated levels of anxiety and despair, with few patients wishing to talk about anything else. Mental health referrals have already begun to mushroom. Why is the Brexit vote affecting us so personally? And, what does this tell us about the make-up of our psyches?

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The columnist Patrick West wrote in his article The Post-Brexit Ugliness of the left:

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The liberal-left couldn’t understand why people would vote in the name of abstract principles such as ‘democracy’ or ‘freedom’ or ‘self-determination’, because they view everything in terms of their own money and their own public image. There was a time when it was Tories who sneered at the poor, who deplored them as stupid and feckless. This was in the loadsamoney era of the 1980s, during which the market ruled and we were beholden to the whims of capitalists and the sainted market. There was even a time, many years ago, when the left spoke of principles, of democracy and liberty. How the roles have been reversed. How strange that it’s mostly conservatives who now talk in abstractions, and it’s the left that obsesses about the markets and worry about the FTSE 100, about their own money.

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See also

• Political tremors and the supervolcano of conservatism

• Liberal meltdown and desperation tactics: A look at the future

• Donald Trump's glorious victories (see the postscript in the essay regarding the essay's title)

• Liberals are pantywaists. They have a weak ideology. They will be defeated.

• Anders Breivik is the canary in the mine showing that right-wing politics could become much more violent

• Modern history and biblical history