Universities today believe only science has rules. Wisdom is another term for rules of life. For that reason, there is no wisdom and no pursuit of wisdom at our universities.
Ignorance does not change bad outcomes
Many young people are sensing the adults teaching them are cheating them. They are coming to understand things like: the pursuit of self-esteem rather than self-control is a rule guaranteed to lead to moral and professional failure. One rule almost no one is taught explains most organized evil and the left in particular. Good intentions without wisdom lead to evil. Communism (Leftism), for almost all its supporters, is rooted in their desire to do good. Its leaders’ greatest desire was power.
The people all over the world who support communism do not think they are supporting mass murder and torture. They do not think they are supporting unprecedented deprivation of the most fundamental human rights. They think they are moral, building a beautiful future. Supporters are for humanity eliminating inequality.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
They are enabling people to work as hard or as little as they want. Supporters are providing their fellow citizens “free” education and “free” health care. They are convinced the moral arc of history is bending in their direction. Supporters believe they are good because their motives were good. The road to hell, as they say, is paved with good intentions.
That’s why leftists have such moral contempt for those who differ with them. You see, those on the left are so good, only bad human beings could possibly oppose them. That is the position of virtually every mainstream media writer and editor. The problem with leftists, whether they consider themselves communists or not, is all of them mean well, but they lack wisdom. They have forgotten human life has rules.
Leftists are fools
There are wise and foolish liberals. There are wise and foolish conservatives. But, all leftists are fools. Every one of the Democrats running for president is a fool. This is not a description of their totality as a human being. Fools may be personally kind and generous. They may be loyal friends and devoted spouses. Fools may be well-intentioned. The problem is in terms of making the world worse; there is no difference between the well-intentioned fool and an evil human being.
Well-intentioned Westerners supported Stalin. The motivation of those supplying Stalin the secrets to the atom bomb were not evil. They were simply fools. But a few evil people did massive harm to the world. They are fools partly because they believe good intentions are all that matter. They never ask perhaps the most important moral question one can ask: What will happen if my policy is enacted? Leftist supporters of communism never asked.
Coercive power
Democrats who push the nation bankrupting Green New Deal provide a contemporary example. They deny the economy and society crushing consequences of the Green New Deal. The Democrats deny any price will be paid. They will force every home, office, hospital, school, and business to stop using fossil fuels. To them, only good will come from that. Giving that amount of coercive power to the state is of no consequence to leftists.
In their make-believe world, no one will suffer. America will become richer. We will see the creation of millions of jobs while we destroy our economy. If we enact the Green New Deal, the American economy will tank. With it, much of the rest of the world will fall. Tyrannies and dictatorships like China, Russia, and Iran will be emboldened. Poor Africans trying to electrify their countries will be told not to. Yet somehow they will become rich using only wind and sun.
Intolerance
On every issue in which the left differs from conservatives and most often liberals, they are fools. They push for a Palestinian state while even Israelis on the left know this would mean a Hamas-Hezbollah state on the Israeli border. But they know they mean well.
Routinely, they label the home of freedom on Earth; racist, misogynistic, homophobic, imperialistic and genocidal. They cheapen the label “Nazi”; promote segregation and preteen boys’ performing drag shows. They tell young women career is more important to happiness than marriage. Leftists believe a country can remain a distinct nation with open borders.
But they mean well
They condemn parents who try to reassure their three-year-old son that he is a boy. These individuals ruin the university, the arts, late-night comedy, pro football, and religion. But they mean well. They just don’t grasp that human life has rules.
This piece, human life has rules, comes from part of a Dennis Prager chat. Thanks to Mr. Prager for the content and structure of the piece.