Israel Matzav: The Standard Left Explanatory System

The Standard Left Explanatory System

Carlo Strenger, an extreme Israeli Leftist (anyone who approvingly cites Yeshayahu "Judeonazis" Leibovitz is an extreme Israeli Leftist in my book, but look at this), explains why Israel's Left has been wiped off the political map.

The Israeli left's thinking is governed by what I call SLES (Standard Left Explanatory System). This intellectual construct gained popularity in Europe and the United States in the 1960s after the demise of European colonialism. The basic principle of SLES is simple: Always support the underdog, particularly when non-Western, and always accuse Western powers, preferably the United States and its allies, for what the underdog does. Anything aggressive or destructive a non-Western group says or does must be explained by Western dominance or oppression. This ranges from the emergence of Al-Qaida, which is blamed on the United States' dropping of its support for the Mujahideen in Afghanistan after the Soviets were expelled, to corruption and violence in Africa, which is blamed on the aftereffects of European colonialism.

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Israel Matzav: The Standard Left Explanatory System