Quite a lot of instances of the creeping influence of Marxism, both overtly political and also more culturally oriented, emerging recently. With the rise of support for the lunatic Greens, a hard Left organisation if ever there was one, more and more state supported bodies coming to light as the inquiry into Muslim influence proceeds and the casual nonsense spouted on TV, it is becoming more obvious.
Something akin to a seminal moment occurred on last week's Question Time. David Starkey, who is prone to go a little far when making points and tends to childish over-elaborate display at times, made a very correct point. He said that despite all that it had brought to the world previously, Islam and the Muslim world in its thrall had done nothing of note for six centuries.
Much of the audience howled in protest and Mehdi Hasan burst in decrying the assertion (even though his opening statement on the show was excellent. I know, unbelievable!)
Starkey's mistake was a common one today; he thought the audience would have a baseline understanding of what he was talking about, but they don't. By being a historian, what we mean is he 'does the detail', it doesn't mean we have no concept of his world and therefore what he is talking about. Or shouldn't do, if the Left hadn't succeeded quite so well at depressing education.
I don't think a large segment of the audience had any idea of the significance of what he was saying, that Islamic culture was so advanced in mathematics, astronomy, art and architecture. Starkey's point was that Islam is holding back the countries that have adopted it and this assertion is proven true by observation.
So how was it refuted? By shouting generally, saying he was 'wrong' and then the standard Left fall-back; attacking the man. Or how about this. Later in the week I stumbled across some limp show, run by an idiot Australian who was working the formula of saying anything Left wing to get the audience cheering.
He quoted Starkey and in a brilliant refutation said 'uh' and 'really', which I think we can agree is pretty strong reasoning. Deal with that Starkey. I think the wonderful cheer leader of Group Think wanted to go on to the logical conclusion of his point of view and say 'no wonder they go around shooting people'.
And that is my point. We are being too blasé, too laid back, there is a crunch coming and we are not fighting our corner. Left wing stupidity is everywhere, in mainstream politics, in political correctness, from nursery schools and the multiple fears that have been planted there, to the controlling influence of speed cameras.
You have to wonder what would have happened in Russia if mass communication had existed when the 'Communists' rose. Would the people have still been as stupid as to let it happen, as we are today in the West?
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