I've studied the Left for many years now, looking at their various policies and trying to make sense of them. There seems no logical cohesion, no central principles involved. Environmentalism, gay rights, internationalism, the destruction of the family, centralized control of production, centralized control of distribution, Political Correctness, the capture of the Media, the capture of Academia, anti-religion, feminist, as well as the jaw-dropping hypocrisy of Leftists when comparing their personal lives to their political opinions. Its a very puzzling patchwork of policies. Ultimately, I decided the following:

1. The Left supports a variety of voting blocks (gays, ethnic minorities, trade unions, etc etc etc), in order to gather together these disparate groups and form a political majority with them. There is no particular reason for Leftists to support any particular policy UNLESS it provides them with a committed loyal voting group. The ONLY principle which guides them is which route is most effective at SEIZING POWER.

2. This concept (of the Left as just a political power "vacuum machine") is extremely useful. It means that the Left is simply a gigantic conspiracy to usurp society (and in so doing propels the Party leadership into the top ranks of society). All the talk about equality, fairness, looking after the weak, altruism, etc is complete BS, a mask to hide the real agenda.

3. Looking back through history, the Left is soaked in the blood of its victims. Lenin was a truly sinister murderous conspirator - Stalin was just following Lenin's path when he murdered millions. Pol pot, Khymer Rouge, Shining Path, Mao, Hitler, Guevara, all of these socialist bastards have caused utter chaos and bloodshed amongst the masses they pretend to care for. Anyone today who is still a socialist is either a fool or a very dangerous, calculating monster. (ps And yes, Hitler was indeed a socialist in case you were wondering. He led the National Socialist Party).