Wretchard –

Your problem is one of conceptual models. You believe that most Americans, particularly critical voting blocs, are opposed to socialism, communism, Caudillo-ism, hereditary rule, and Big Men where ever and whenever they can be found.

Let me assure you this is not the case. What you call Leftism is merely women, younger ones, expressing their natural desire for a strong man, a Caudillo, a King, a Prince, a hereditary ruler. It’s both “reactionary” in that it harkens back to models familiar to the Babylonians and Pharaohs, and “progressive” in that it adopts new Green religious nonsense and trans-national globalism or “the new Priesthood.”

Nevertheless, if ALL of Latin America were ruled by Castroites with an iron fist and with brutal Chavismo authoritarian rule, rest assured most younger, single women in the US would respond quite favorably.

And those are the consumers who hold the power, who’s views the media and advertisers cater to, who form the critical voting blocs whose good opinion must be under the current model always taken into consideration. Republicans know most women want Caudillos, which is why they make no move.

You believe that the Left is some sort of replicating message. I maintain that the evidence overwhelmingly suggests rather that women, absent dependence on husbands earning power and interests, move quickly to Caudillo-ism in whatever Leftist form they can find it. There’s certainly a lot more evidence (exit polls, social science research, demography) for that than self-replicating messages. Which in turn if this is true, makes your strategy as useless as the Maginot Line, and in fact dangerous since it does not address the core problem: Women want a Caudillo, and hate traditional America. [This is not anything not familiar to students of late Rome, Greece, Babylonia, and the Third Republic.]

What is needed to counter female power (a feature of hard-leftism in all nations of the West) are the following principles:

*FEAR.
*RUINATION.
*STRATEGIC DESTRUCTION.

First, FEAR. Politicians and media people must FEAR crossing the core interests of the base, that is doing things that conflict with the fundamental values or absolute requirements of the working and middle classes of the country, absent of course SWPL yuppies and women.

Second, RUINATION. Careers of those who cross the line must be ended, particularly of the opposing Party. But also media people. It would good for the nation and for politics, for example, to make an example of David Letterman or Katie Couric, with swarming attacks on their personalities, dishing out whatever dirt, scandal, ugliness, or other things attached to them or their families (let’s call this the Palin standard) to drive them from public life. At the same time, it’s vital to collect scalps from Obama. For example, it’s highly likely that someone is on Zelaya’s or Chavez’s payroll and vocal defenders. They should be publicized and private lawsuits filed, ethics charges made, the like. With again efforts to dig up every bit of human failing certain to be attached to them, their families, and sponsors, backers, campaign contributors, and mentors.

Ruination is the key to fear.

Finally, STRATEGIC DESTRUCTION. Institutions should be destroyed, that serve the interests of the political opposition. Such as the NYT. Or Washington Post. Boycott efforts aimed as sponsors/advertisers, pressure on regulators in the Republican party to create unfavorable, punishing regulations. Pressure on Republican AGs or other law enforcement officials to start investigation into corruption and other things they’ll be sure to find, human nature what it is.

In short, demographics (women are hard left, fans of people like Chavez, there is no denying it anymore) are against those who would rather not the US resemble Vichy France. The only way to fight against that is through total political/cultural/economic fear. Fear of boycotts, of the Alinsky tactics used on Palin and Carrie Prejean and Joe the Plumber turned on the initial users. In other words, the response to the Blitz which was the Allied Bombing campaign over Germany. If nothing else, it drew the Luftwaffe in leaving Normandy uncovered. With emphasis on destroying the NYT, Washington Post, NPR, PBS, and the various people like Letterman or Tina Fey.

Re CAIR: Pretty much most women (about 75% at least) would support CAIR unreservedly. Because CAIR is the enemy of their enemy: Ordinary Straight White Men. Women are hard leftist not because of indoctrination but because of pure self-interest. They can only have tragically hip jobs saving the planet and status mongering if the Straight White guy is both punished and a good bit of his resources and opportunities transfered to them and their allies. This is why the BNP, rather odious socialists, chose to peel off women by offering “a better deal” or pride of place at the head of the table wrt National Health. Offering a Socialism without power sharing with Muslims. Given demographics reality, this is the only alternative to the fear/ruination/destruction methods (note I am talking only the same thing that Left does — boycotts, investigations, regulation, etc.) Otherwise we get socialism but with a Pinochet face instead of a Chavez one.

Sad fact: what drives all this politics, from the pass CAIR gets, to Zelaya’s support in the US, is that women have radically different interests than men. Not all women, and not all men, but enough on average to make this a huge difference between Genders. No Gramscian conspiracy, no marxist memes, not indoctrination needed. Just fundamental human nature.

Watch any Disney film with princesses. That’s basically the Left. And who it appeals to.