Thread: Why Liberalism is a Reactionary Ideology

Entire environmentalist movement is founded on a fear of the products of science, namely technology and modern civilization

Why Liberalism is a Reactionary Ideology

By Daniel Greenfield
Thursday, January 7, 2010

The narrative that liberal pundits have constructed and continually replayed over the last year is one in which progress minded and enlightened liberals are working to reform America into a modern society, while being stymied by a bunch of knuckle dragging reactionary conservatives who are anti-Science and want to drag America back into the dark ages. There’s only one problem with this narrative, it’s actually a mirror image of reality.

When it comes to holding on to reactionary ideas or maintaining an ideological worldview built on a reflexive hostility to modernity; nobody can top the modern leftist or his tamer liberal cousin. If you took away leader worship, fear of technology, the state as the solution to all problems, the supremacy of the group over the individual and the belief that the “enlightenedâ€

I've know some conservatives who gorged themselves on meat-and-potatoes and died well before retirement age. Maybe they should have looked into a vegetarian diet and routine exercise prior to that. But there are a large number of loonies out there, for sure.