Certain neurotic themes are dominant in the radical liberal mind’s perceptions of the world. All of them portray the citizen as a suffering child who is victimized, helpless and in need of rescue. All are evident in various liberal platforms. They represent the liberal mind’s transference of childhood dynamics into the world of adult relationships. As expressed in his most passionate political pronouncements, the radical liberal mind believes that:

  • A very large portion of the population is suffering; they are suffering because they are deprived, neglected, exploited or abused.
  • They are suffering because of certain injustices inflicted upon them.
  • They are helpless to stop their suffering.
  • Bad people, such as capitalists and the rich, cause the victims to suffer by depriving, neglecting, exploiting and abusing them.
  • These bad people are villains who must be stopped from preying on their victims.
  • The villains are ruthless, powerful, selfish, cruel and mean spirited.
  • The bad institutions supported by the villains are economic, social and political in nature; they include free market capitalism, basic property rights, strict moral and ethical accountability, reasonable social decorum, personal and financial responsibility, individual sovereignty, and justice based on merit and desert.
  • These bad institutions promote economic enslavement, social discrimination, political disenfranchisement, exploitation of minorities, forced pregnancies, and coercive advertising, among other things.
  • The people are innocent victims; they have no important role in causing their suffering.
  • Modern liberals are heroes whose mission is to rescue the victims from the villains.
  • Modern liberals are compassionate, wise, empathetic and nurturing.
  • Modern liberals are devoted to saving the victims from the villains just as nurturing parents protect their children from harm by others.
  • Like children, most citizens cannot adequately direct or manage their own lives.
  • Most citizens need a powerful liberal government to direct and manage their lives.
  • Because the villains and their institutions are ruthless and powerful, the people need a powerful liberal government, The Modern Parental State, to protect them from the villains and the institutions supported by the villains.
  • The Modern Parental State is the answer to problems created by the villains.
  • The Modern Parental State will rescue the people and protect them from the villains and from other misfortunes.
  • The Modern Parental State will nurture the people by providing for all their needs and desires.