On Managerial Elites 4 - The Guilt of the Liberal

This video is a reading of an excerpt from James Burnham, Suicide of the West (1964; New York: Encounter Books, 2014), pp. 221-8.

Summary

The guilt insisted in the liberal ideology and psyche leads to moral disarmament
Liberals are morally disarmed before those they perceive as less well off
The guilt of the liberal is insatiable. They feel they deserve to be punished unceasingly for their infinite crimes.

Example of grading disparity at New York University between African American and white students
Most of the faculty had no difficulty justifying this "rule" to themselves
They felt they were helping students who had difficult backgrounds, home conditions, and potentially had to work on the side as well.
This rule remained "unwritten," however
It also ends up creating widespread academic fraud

Liberals show selective indignation towards acts of terror committed by different groups
Example of liberals protesting French paratroop terror but being muted towards Arab terror
Lack of liberal protest against South African Negroes or Angolan revolutionaries
Similarly, liberal opinion demands opposition to any and all forms of colonialism from Western countries.
But when an "underdeveloped" nation goes colonial, there will be no discussion of this allowed, and no reproval of their actions, no matter how bloody or abusive.

Liberals find it difficult to condemn groups they perceive as less well off than themselves
Feeling of guilt and egalitarian principles prevent liberals from condemning certain acts
They will judge their own side strictly, while refusing to judge an outsider civilization due to their perception that it is a "lower" civilization than their own.
It really is a bigotry of low expectations.
The presuppositions of moral conduct for "the other" is low, and upon them, the liberal takes pity, and they are placed outside of the realm of moral judgement or blame.

Liberals develop a generalized hatred of Western civilization and their own country due to guilt
Hatred is seen in liberal magazines and their response to Western retreats or humiliations
They will claim it is "reason" that they are using to come up with their biases, but it really is just their guilt.

Liberal guilt leads to moral disarmament before those perceived as less well off
Grading disparity at New York University highlights the manifestation of guilt in education
Liberals show selective indignation and double standards towards acts of terror and colonization
Moral asymmetry makes it difficult for liberals to condemn certain groups or acts
Generalized hatred of Western civilization develops as a result of guilt
Maintaining order and security is crucial for the existence of civilization.

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