The demonstrations on the border fence along the Gaza Strip revealed the extent of progressivism's spread in Israel and in the Western world. The youth voiced their opposition to Israel and support for the Palestinians from a progressive worldview that characterizes the Left's latest reincarnation. Displays in exhibitions, demonstrations in the streets and even recitations of the kaddish – the Jewish mourning prayer – for the "massacred martyrs" have become commonplace, exposing where the worldview of these so-called "progressives" is progressing to.
The first principle in this view is universalism. Because national values contradict borderless universalism, national symbols such as anthems, flags and even ideas of sovereignty are understood to be outdated in the best-case scenario, or in the worst case dangerous. The influence of this view could be seen well into the period of the Brexit, or the U.K.'s gradual withdrawal from the European Union. The desire to preserve Britain as a state with a particular sovereignty is seen as a dangerous national sentiment by progressives. According to progressivism, nationalism has died and left chauvinism and racism in its place.
Another principle in this progressivism is that there are no national classifications. The world is dichotomous and based in binary language – that which is not universal for all people must be something between fascism and Nazism. For the progressive, there is zero tolerance for a people's will to self-determination (besides the Palestinians, of course.)
The #MeToo revolution led by progressives can be seen as a war against differentiation and classification. The concept of "rape culture" blurs the spectrum of sex crimes, forcing all other sex crimes under the most serious crime of this sort. This moves lighter transgressions over the criminal threshold.
The third progressive principle is that of identity, or as they call it, identity politics. This principle combats what frightens progressives most of all – racism. According to it, what differentiates between what is moral and just and what is fascist and dangerous is identity – women, people of color, Muslims, and LGBTs are always right while men, whites, non-Muslims and straights are always to blame.
But if we examine just these three principles, we will discover a paradox – a self-contradiction that leads progressives to promote the phenomena they originally opposed.
The universalists who mourn the "martyrs" disrespect the government, which in their view is based on nationalist symbols like flag and anthem. In doing so, they support fanatical, nondemocratic, particularistic religious organizations. These are the same groups that commit acts of terrorism in the name of their own flag and anthem.
The feminist progressive revolution tied itself with the Palestinians. In doing so, it sided with organizations that parade women many years backward. This happens indirectly and directly, like when Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, who supports Shariah, is made into one of the main spokeswomen for the radical feminist movement. Even the identity politics that ostensibly fight racism lead to this deep internal contradiction. On one hand, identity politics advocate for unity without discriminating based on religion, race and sex. On the other hand, they grant a priori preferential treatment to groups defining their members according to religion, race and sex.
If the progressives succeed in implementing these values, our universal world is likely to be dark, misogynist, racist and fundamentalist. It is no wonder that the public in Europe, Israel and the U.S. prefers the Right.
