by Brandon Smith, Alt Market:
Whenever I think of the behavior of the Democratic Party and the political left in general I can’t help but think of the philosophy of Batman’s nefarious arch-nemesis, The Joker. And yes, I’m saying that to understand leftists all you really need to do is read comic books.
Batman, of course, represents unflinching law, order and justice. He’s a vigilante, but a vigilante with more respect for the law than most police and politicians in his fictional realm of Gotham City. The Joker, on the other hand, represents pure chaos and the unhinged, unadulterated desire for power. Not traditional power (the means to control) but the archaic power to corrupt and destroy.
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The Joker is a pure psychopath that believes his evil is a universal truth; that normal people hide behind “social constructs” to avoid admitting they want to burn down the world just like he does. He revels in the despair of calamity and the fall of moral righteousness.
I’m specifically reminded of Christopher Nolan’s film ‘Batman Begins’ in which Commissioner Gordon first warns Batman about “escalation” and reveals the calling card of the Joker:
“What about escalation? …We start carrying semi-automatics, they buy automatics. We start wearing Kevlar, they buy armor piercing rounds…And, you’re wearing a mask. Jumping off rooftops…”
In my past analysis of the political left and their habits I’ve noted many times that they seem random and unstable but they do follow some limited rules.
Rule #1 is: Leftists never admit they are wrong.
Rule #2 is: Leftists ALWAYS double down.
In other words, when they think they are losing the ability to disrupt public order and upend societal norms, they will escalate. Diplomacy is not in their nature.
The Republican Party, conservatives, moderates and even some liberals turned to Donald Trump because of his uncompromising stance on the chaos embraced by Democrats. This madness led us down a dark path of medical tyranny. It led us to woke indoctrination in public schools, race riots in American streets, trannies in the military, a stagflationary crisis and a president with a brain like cabbage.
This is not to say that Trump doesn’t have his failings; we all know he does. However, many people are willing to overlook those shortfalls as long as his administration continues to remove the leftist cancer from our fragile institutions.
When confronted with hard questions on why progressive activists do things that violate their own supposed code of ethics, invariably they will say that logic does not matter. Their goal is to “burn it all down”. That’s it. There are no ethics. There is no other rationale (it’s the Joker philosophy incarnate).
Trump gained massive favor because he promised to bring the hammer down on these arsonists without remorse.
In the beginning the political left didn’t know what hit them. Federal funding was cut off and NGOs were throttled. Their historic sources of financial support are disappearing. Corporations that backed them a year ago are running in the other direction. They used to be able to operate nationally with impunity but now they’re relegated to petty mob actions in deep blue cities like LA, New York or Seattle where they can still find support among Democrat officials.
That said, I suspect what we are seeing the past month in New York with the rising success of Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is not desperation, but escalation.
Democrats as a party have rarely been grounded in moderation, but they have always been careful to hide their true intentions when it comes to their political goals. Socialism in the US is treated as a four-letter-word and most Dems have long sought to water down their association with the term. Whenever conservatives accuse Democrats of engaging in socialist or communist agendas they quickly accuse us of being “conspiracy theorists”.
But that tactic no longer works and instead of seeking to sterilize their image the Democrats are now doubling down and openly embracing the socialist/communist platform. They are no longer compromising by trying to hide their true intent. They are going full bore hammer and sickle with no shame.
In other words, leftist insanity pushes moderates further to the right, and the further to the right people go, the more extreme leftists will become. Think they can’t get any worse than they are now? Think again…
