"The most important legacy of the 1960s is liberal guilt. Guilt over leaving children, blacks, and the rest of the Coalition of the Oppressed 'behind.' Guilt is the most religious of emotions and has a way of rapidly devolving into a narcissistic God complex. Liberals were proud of how guilty they felt." -Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Not a bad thought. This explains why liberals are so keen to harness the powers of government to meet their "beneficent" aims, i.e., social justice programs like welfare, minimum wage laws, affirmative action, etc.
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