Understanding ‘Leftism’ — Part-1
<p>“<em>This is a leftist idea</em>” is a common refrain in conversations these days. I use it too. It has come to signify a lot of ‘woke’ ideas or socialist or utopian ideas. However, it is often hard to explain exactly what this means and what the side ‘opposite to the left’ (let’s call them ‘Conservatives’) stands for.</p>
<p>The conservative view is that human beings have an inherent ugly & corrupt side, just as they have their moral & virtuous side. It further believes that nature is inherently unfair in its design of the human being (for this conversation we shall limit ourselves to discussing humans). What they means is that no two human beings are born equal and that even with the application of the same environmental factors such as, good parenting, access to good education, access to good health, offered to two different individuals, the outcomes such as IQ, moral behaviour, ability to perform at a workplace, etc, would always be different.</p>
<p>The ‘left’ on the other hand believes that human beings have an ‘equal’ potential, and it is the institutions that are flawed which lead to imperfections and immoral behaviour in human beings. And that by fixing the institutions we can solve for all problems in the world, including ushering in ‘equality for all’ across gender, race, religion and other social conditions. It further believes in utopian ideals such as equitable (if not equal) distribution of money, elimination of immoral behaviour among human beings and connected with it, an elimination of injustice from the world.</p>
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