One big reason people reject political liberalism or freedom, and decide to turn to the Right or the Left, is because liberty tends to make them face reality and themselves. And nobody wants that. Virtually no-one has a systemic world-view, or solid-enough philosophy, that can deal with that. Thus it's better to flee from the idea of a free society, and a government which protects the rights of man. Better to embrace some cockamamie social and political ideology which – however false and evil – at least lets you escape the misery of seeing the world as it really is and avoid the horror of looking in the mirror.
What a nightmare these two are! Far superior to become an insipid, dirty Rightist or Leftist and reject liberty. Far better to embrace some half-baked utopianism you secretly know is garbage. Rightist and Leftist welfare statism may be fatuous and depraved, and it may be a Big Lie and dreadful form of tyranny, but: It lets you successfully flee from that which you truly can't face: reality and yourself.
Who the hell needs that? Not you. The truth hurts. So the strategically correct behavior – at least if you want to be happy – is to reject socio-economic liberty and instead turn to the loathsome Right or Left. Then you can avert your gaze from anything unpleasant, and turn your mind to mush, as you fanatically promote some absurd theory of social and political "paradise" which you privately damn well know is foolish and wicked.
It's important to delude and brainwash yourself assiduously. You need to close your eyes and leap into the void. Straight over the cliff with you, pal!
But no point in worrying. Hey, your new convoluted scheme and scam, with your new charismatic and dubious leader, might not be so bad after all. At any event, it's better than liberty and justice for all. After all, liberty and justice "have already been tried and failed". And, practically speaking, "they can never be achieved in real life". Everybody admits this!
Thus, virtually everyone today runs away from the society-wide peace, prosperity, harmony, and cultural riches of universal freedom. They head directly into the hellholes of Rightist or Leftist tyranny. Possibly not the best places to be, but there they're safe from the terror and horror of having to think, understand, and decide things about the world and life. Inside the phony utopia of Rightist or Leftist semi-enslavement, the demons and destroyers of Reality and Self are sweetly absent. They're blissfully safe from the black nightmare of experiencing existence and having to think, work, and live their life absent the comfort and safety of blind obedience and mindless, soulless conformity to terrible evil.
Right on, brother.
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