tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post7288156699127655972..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: Whose side are they on?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-43610352230437402662009-09-24T00:25:19.097+01:002009-09-24T00:25:19.097+01:00For me, anon, progressivism and statism are one an...For me, anon, progressivism and statism are one and the same thing. Whatever you call it it is still basically socialism - except in progressivisms case it is socialism with social liberalism. They are all branches of the same tree.<br /><br />As for my point about protecting their precious ideology - you are absolutely correct to say that is has failed (and failed badly) BUT the point is that progressives will never ever admit that. They are not protecting the bureaucracy - the bureaucracy is a tool to protect the ideology. Actually, there is nothing new or ofiginal in that either - it has been used by conservatives and liberals (proper liberals) although never to the extent we see now. However, in those ideologies the bureaucracy was used to protect what were proven successful models.<br /><br />Progressivism has used cultural marxism to break down those bureaucracies that protected successful parts of society such as the education system and then imposed new models which, having been exposed as complete failures, are now being protected by bureaucracy - and bureaucracy on an immense scale.<br /><br />Progressives are gripped by this fatalistic belief that they are right even when all the evidence tells them their ideology is a crock of shit. No matter how bad things get, the progressive project must be protected - and that is done through bureaucracy.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-23031520318791246402009-09-23T20:40:06.154+01:002009-09-23T20:40:06.154+01:00They are on the side of progressive ideology. THAT...<i>They are on the side of progressive ideology. THAT is the only thing that matters to schools these days - not you or your kids, but their precious ideology.</i><br /><br />I'm not sure that's right. <br /><br />In the sense that progressivism is a movement towards socialism it has totally failed both practically and ideologically. The socialism that lingers is (like environmentalism) just a form of nihilism.<br /><br />I think these people are wedded to the ideology of statism. That the state is both the best and the only solution to society's problems. These people are not protecting their ideology so much as protecting the bureaucracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-88773164899553809142009-09-22T10:56:28.250+01:002009-09-22T10:56:28.250+01:00"...an incident the school described as "...<i>"...an incident the school described as "an accident"."</i> <br /><br />Yup, that was the bit that got me too. It was a <b>crime</b>...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com