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The Left's descent into the abyss.(Society)
SOMETHING TRAGIC and horrifying has happened to the Left--something that was visible long before September 11, 2001, though the events of that dreadful day served only to confirm it. It strengthened with the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam. Now, with conservative parties confirmed as the people's government of choice in both Australia and the USA, it's broken out all over. For years the Left has merely been irrational; now it has finally gone insane.
It's been a gruelling decade and a half for the Left. First, the Soviet experiment collapsed, taking the socialist dream with it.
Then the satellites followed suit. Then the US-led coalition won ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The Left's descent into the abyss.(Society)