Gerfried Ambrosch: The Deep Roots Of The Illiberal Left

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The left hasn’t “gone mad,” as is often said. In a sense, it has always been mad. Illiberalism, intolerance, and authoritarianism, presented in the guise of progressive “liberalism,” arguably have a long, constitutive tradition on the left. Marx himself was known for his imperious intolerance.

I thought he was going to make the point a bit differently: it hasn't exactly gone mad...rather, it has a theory. Its principles/ideals, its world-view, and its modes of reasoning are all wrong (and pernicious). It's not exactly madness...not if madness is analogous to a hardware problem. The left has something more like a software problem: like the religious right, it's in the grip of bad theories and bad principles. It's running a madness emulator...
   Anyway...not a huge surprise to find out that Marx was dogmatic.